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CTA hosting meetings to introduce potential subcontractors for RLE bidders
By John Greenfield |
The CTA recently inviting companies owned by women and people of color, and other local small businesses, to a contracting networking event with those bidders.

Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 5
By John Greenfield |
Greg Hinz: The CTA is in desperate need for an overhaul (Crain’s) CTA offering $5 day passes, $15 3-day passes, and bus service to beaches all summer (CBS) Terry’a Adams, 25, shot to death, 6 wounded, at memorial for her crash victim boyfriend in Austin (ABC7) Woman, 59, killed, 23-year-old man hospitalized, after 3:40 AM […]
CTA is wrapping up RPM Phase One, but opportunities are being missed
By Cameron Bolton |
This week, the Chicago Transit Authority announced that the final stage of the Red and Purple Modernization Phase One Project will begin this summer.

Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 2
By John Greenfield |
Ald. La Spata wants hearing on Chicago’s NASCAR race traffic impact (Crain’s) Ald. Burnett opposed Johnson, but keeps job as chair of Pedestrian and Traffic Safety (Sun-Times) 4 people injured in 2-car crash Thursday night in Skokie at Lee/Monticello (ABC) Chicago rated 14th bike-friendliest U.S. city in a study conducted by Coworking Cafe (Chicago Star) “Rails […]
The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News For Freeway Fighters
By Kea Wilson |
A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would "gut" key elements of the nation's bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
Despite ‘Lofty’ Climate Goals, United Nations Bans Cyclists on its Campus
By Julianne Cuba |
Cyclists are barred from bringing their two-wheelers onto the vaunted United Nations campus, while drivers, who are notorious for skirting parking tickets, are waved right through its security gates.