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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 15
• "Federal Agents Cause Crash, Tear Gas Protesters On Southeast Side Street" (Block Club)
October 15, 2025
Chicago DSA and Chicago Transit Justice Coalition sounded off on the fiscal cliff and job conditions at CTA Worker and Rider Town Hall
Usually in news stories about Chicagoland's looming transit fiscal cliff, which Springfield legislators resumed tackling in the fall veto session today, you hear from agency officials, public transportation advocates, and riders.
October 14, 2025
Active Trans’ recent Suburban Advocacy Connect session discussed ways to gather support for funding transit
The Active Transportation Alliance and Ride Illinois held a Suburban Advocacy Connect session over Zoom on Wednesday, October 8th. Besides the updates on ATA and Ride Illinois, this latest meeting also included a market research presentation about gathering and expanding support for transit.
October 14, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 14
• "Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in transit's future" (Crain's)
October 14, 2025
As we anxiously await the fall veto session, Rep. Mary Beth Canty offers a pep talk. She thinks a transit reform/funding bill will pass.
"I am a patient boyI wait, I wait, I wait, I wait"
October 10, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 10
• Soldier-free CTA for now? "Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s National Guard Mobilization To Chicago" (Block Club)
October 10, 2025
Dozens rally for Broadway Upzoning, which would make it easier to build housing, including many affordable units, near Red Line
Judging from expensive-looking billboards prominently placed on Broadway in Uptown and Edgewater, you might assume these neighborhoods are dead-set against Broadway Upzoning.
October 10, 2025
Beverly resident Anne Alt asked Rep. Mary Gill (D-35th) to help pass a transit reform/funding bill during veto session. Here’s Gill’s response.
As Streetsblog Chicago readers are well aware, this is a pivotal month for regional sustainable transportation. State legislators will return to Springfield for a fall veto session, taking place on October 14-16 and October 28-30. While things are tense right now in Illinois, hopefully the lawmakers won't be distracted from passing a transit funding/reform bill, to permanently save Chicagoland from projected 40 percent transit service cuts and 3,000 layoffs.
October 9, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 9
• "One Month Into Trump’s Immigration Blitz, Chicago Escalates Its Fight Back" (Block Club)
October 9, 2025
At CTA board meeting, an update on bus lane cams, and commiseration over Trump’s blockade of RLE grant: “This is not normal.”
Today's monthly CTA board meeting took place as Illinois lawmakers are getting ready to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, scheduled for October 14-16 and October 28-30. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they will finally pass a transit funding/reform bill, permanently saving our region from previously projected 40 percent service cuts and 3,000 layoffs.
October 8, 2025
