Today’s Headlines

  • Quinn Names a Panel to Reform Regional Transit, Which Is a Tall Order (Crain’s, ABC)
  • Governor Wants to Eliminate Salaries for Transit Board Members (Sun-Times)
  • Red Line Rehab Is Chugging Along (CBS)
  • Woman Gardening Killed When Boy Gets in Driver’s Seat, Accidentally Hits Gas (NBC)
  • Businesses Say They’re Opening on Ashland to Take Advantage of BRT (Patch)
  • August 20 Workshop Will Brainstorm Ways to Make Clark More People-Friendly (DNA)
  • Blackhawks Parade Was CTA’s Second-Highest Ridership Day (RedEye)
  • Ventra Info Session in Boystown Wednesday (DNA)
  • Ventra Twitter Feed Gets “Hashjacked” (DNA)
  • Active Trans PSA Uses Emoticons to Highlight Danger of Distracted Driving (Active Trans)

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It’s OK to Build Transit-Oriented Development Before Transit

By Brad Aaron |
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Report: Chicago Falling Behind Peer Cities on Transit-Oriented Growth

By Steven Vance |
Transit-oriented development in the Chicago region is falling behind cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, according to a report released in May by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, a local “think and do tank.” In “Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region” [PDF], CNT warns that Chicago’s failure to focus housing and jobs near transit is […]

One Chart Explains All the Chicagoland Transit Reform Proposals

By Steven Vance |
Several different proposals to fund and govern Chicagoland’s transit system have recently been floated by various area politicians and interest groups. Streetsblog has created this handy chart to compare each of the proposals to one another, and to how the system currently works. Click to open the chart in a new window. The chart compares […]