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This year’s ATA Movers and Shakers Ball was inspired by innovation, with an eye on transit threats
Last Thursday, the Active Transportation Alliance held its annual Movers and Shakers Ball, a fundraising gala to support the work of the advocacy group, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year.
May 6, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 6
"Homewood-Flossmoor HS senior Tom'Mya Lyons killed in Bishop Ford crash hours after prom: 'A beautiful soul'" (ABC)
May 6, 2025
Could a new Illinois bill help create a cohesive train and bus system in the Land of Lincoln, and encourage other states to follow suit?
Good news for rail fans: Recently, Illinois legislators discussed a groundbreaking bill to launch statewide train service.
May 6, 2025
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.
I'm confident that the generally car-centric folks on the Chicago Tribune editorial board deserved the spanking I gave them on Friday for their rather arrogant editorial about our region's looming $770 million total transit budget gap. "Chicago’s transit agencies want you to panic," the headline stated. "They don’t explain the whole truth."
May 5, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 5
• ATA: "Lawmakers face a clear choice: invest in a world-class public transportation system or allow our region’s transit agencies to slide into a crisis."
May 5, 2025
Remembering singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, who performed on Zoom for Streetsblog Chicago’s COVID-era fundraising celebration
On Thursday, I heard the tragic news that groundbreaking singer-songwriter Jill Sobule had passed away at age 66, in a house fire early that morning while she was visiting the Twin Cities. Among many other great folk and pop tunes, she was known for her 1995 hits "I Kissed a Girl," the first LGBTQ-themed recording to make the Billboard Top 20, and "Supermodel," which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie "Clueless." She had been booked to perform in her hometown of Denver on Friday evening, but instead the venue hosted an impromptu memorial.
May 3, 2025
Transit agencies, expert clap back at Tribune editorial calling the looming budget crisis a “so-called fiscal cliff”
Read the Tribune editorial here.
May 2, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 2
• Axios: "Chicago transit leaders say $1.5 billion could avoid "drastic service cuts"
May 2, 2025
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."
May 1, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 1
• From the generally car-centric Tribune editorial board: "Chicago’s transit agencies want you to panic. They don’t explain the whole truth."
May 1, 2025