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- ↑ Mayor Emanuel Announces Rebekah Scheinfeld to be New Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation - City Press Release
- ↑ Spielman, Fran (8 May 2019). "Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld resigns". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ↑ "Rahm Appoints Rebekah Scheinfeld As New Transportation Commissioner". DNAinfo Chicago. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ↑ "Emanuel Appoints CTA's Chief Planning Officer to Be New CDOT Chief - Streetsblog Chicago". streetsblog.org. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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