Rebekah Scheinfeld was the Commissioner of the
Chicago Department of Transportation
The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT ) is an executive department of the City of Chicago responsible for the safety, environmental sustainability, maintenance, and aesthetics of the surface transportation networks and public ways withi ...
(CDOT), appointed by mayor
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Israel Emanuel (; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician, advisor, diplomat, and former investment banker who most recently served as List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan, United States ambassador to Japan from 2022 ...
in 2014. She resigned in May 2019.
As transportation commissioner, Scheinfeld oversaw projects including the
Chicago Riverwalk and the
606 trail. She was involved in initiatives to promote pedestrian safety and endorsed the deployment of red-light and speed cameras.
She was also involved with the expansion of bike-sharing throughout the city under an agreement with car-sharing service
Lyft
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.
Before joining CDOT, Scheinfeld worked at the
Chicago Transit Authority and planned projects such as the
Red Line reconstruction and new
bus rapid transit corridors.
She has also worked at the
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the law firm
Mayer Brown.
In 2020, Scheinfeld was named CEO of the Civic Consulting Alliance, a non-profit organization serving the city of Chicago.
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