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Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 17
• "Bills supporting bike safety are in their IL Senate and House committees and we need your help getting them passed." (Chicago, Bike Grid Now!)
March 17, 2025
Lots of pro-walk/bike/transit legislation may be up for a vote this spring in Springfield. Lawmakers discuss why they’re backing it.
By Alek Madry
March 16, 2025
At CTA board meeting, talk of funding doomsday scenario, bus lane enforcement contract, new concessions / newsletter / podcast
As Streetsblog readers are well aware, the CTA, Metra, and Pace currently face a combined $770 million budget gap next year as federal COVID-era subsidies run out, but ridership is currently still only around 65 percent of 2019 levels.
March 14, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 14
• Ride Illinois urges you to "Protect Federal Funding for Bicyclists and Pedestrians" by filling out this form to "send a message to Congress."
March 14, 2025
Blurred lines: At three meetings this week at downtown terminals, Metra asks riders for input on renaming commuter rail routes
The Metra commuter rail system is considering renaming lines to make the system easier to understand for new and occasional riders. To get feedback on the idea from customers, the agency is conducting an online survey and scheduled three public meetings at downtown terminals this week. On Tuesday, an open house was held at Chicago Union Station, on Wednesday, it was at Ogilvie Transportation Center, and today they're at Millennium Station and La Salle Street Station from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. All Metra routes
March 13, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 13
• "Chicagoans Ditch Their Teslas To Protest Elon Musk: 'Nobody Wants To Buy Them'" (Block Club)
March 13, 2025
At State Senate committee meeting on MMA, transit advocates voiced support, but collar counties opposed simple-majority voting proposal
Representatives of Kane and McHenry counties argued that if MMA board decisions didn't require a supermajority vote, their districts would be disempowered.
March 12, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 12
• "Alderman Will Try Again To Pass 8 PM Downtown Curfew For Minors After Streeterville Shooting" (Block Club)
March 12, 2025
Not like us? A Toronto transit advocate says value of Red Line Extension is dubious. A South Side worker argues they missed the point.
Let's discuss the latest dispute between someone from Toronto, and an American who has many things in common with them.
March 11, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 11
• Jeremy Glover: "As of last Thursday, the segment of Milwaukee Avenue that cuts through the Logan Square traffic circle is closed forevermore to cars."
March 11, 2025
