John Greenfield

One of the many important and/or enjoyable sustainable transportation-related events that happened last weekend (more on that tomorrow) was last Saturday's PARK(ing) Day 2025, organized by the Chicago Growth Project. The event took place on the parking lots of Dovetail Brewery, Belle Plaine and Ravenswood avenues, and Demo Brewery, Berteau and Ravenswood avenues, a mere 0.2 miles away from each other. Dovetail is sandwiched between Metra's Union Pacific North Line and the CTA Brown Line.

• SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: "Metra, Pace won’t make cuts, will raise fares next year as fiscal cliff still looms" (Evanston Roundtable)

• RTA: "What transit riders are telling us: 2025 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results"

These are nerve-wracking days for Chicagoland public transit agencies, workers, riders, and advocates as we teeter on the brink of a $771 million regional transit fiscal cliff next year.

• Driver who killed Anakin Perez, 9, Thursday around 7:40 AM in front of McNair Elementary in Austin, ticketed. Parents want more crossing guards. (Block Club)

• CTA budget town hall meeting tonight, Thursday, September 18, 5:30-7 PM, Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave. in Uptown.

• John discussed efforts to avert the looming Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff with host Dana Koslov (CBS Chicago News)

• "How could the transit 'fiscal cliff' play out in Chicago? Philadelphia cuts offer clues" (Sun-Times)

"Little Village’s Mexican Independence Day Parade Sees Thousands Take A Stand Against ICE" (Block Club)

• "RTA anticipates cuts for CTA and Metra could begin in late 2026, Pace cuts anticipated in 2027" (Daily Line)