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Advocates asked mayor, CTA board to delay hiring new prez. Johnson reportedly had already chosen one. Special meeting ended without vote

Traffic Safety

Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 2: How do we convince residents and alders to support safer street designs?

Traffic Safety

Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 1: Can automated enforcement, 25 mph speed limit be done equitably?

Sustainable Transportation Advocacy

This year’s ATA Movers and Shakers Ball was inspired by innovation, with an eye on transit threats

Statewide advocacy

Food for thought: Cycling and pedestrian advocates converged on Springfield for the 2025 Illinois Bike & Walk Summit

May 13, 2025
CTA

Living, working, and talking transit: The agency launches its new podcast “Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA”

Sustainable Transportation Advocacy

Living on the edge: Where Chicagoland transit funding stands as the legislative session winds down and the fiscal cliff looms

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All is quiet on New Year’s Day. 5th and final part of SBC’s Bike Lane Fest 2024: South Side

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Transit Fiscal Cliff

Transit advocates Rep. Buckner and Nik Hunder: It’s not just a “so-called” fiscal cliff. But Trib had a point that governance changes are needed.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 5

Transportation Funding

Transit agencies, expert clap back at Tribune editorial calling the looming budget crisis a “so-called fiscal cliff”

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 2

Car-Free Streets

Despite what Inside Publications NIMBY newspapers claim, HOLS board member is not advocating for permanently closing Lincoln to cars

But according to HOLS member Rony Islam, out of 1,400 survey respondents, "69 percent... strongly support a greater role of pedestrianization on the 4700 block."

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