John Greenfield

• Chicago Reader: "CPD touted a beefed-up surveillance center that grants authorities real-time access to tens of thousands of [CTA] cameras." 

In case you can't tell from Streetsblog Chicago's homepage, beating the drum on the region’s impending transit budget crisis is our top priority right now. After all, if the state legislature fails to pass a funding and reform bill this summer, the likely result will be roughly 40 percent service cuts and 3,000 layoffs. That would be disastrous for the region and counter to SBC’s mission: Making Chicagoland a safer and more efficient, equitable, environmentally friendly, and enjoyable place to get around.

• Congress for the New Urbanism looks at Better Streets Chicago's efforts to transform DLSD from an expressway into a boulevard

• More coverage of the Save Transit Rally (ATA, Block Club, CBS, NBC, Fight Back! News)

Public transit riders, workers, and advocates showed up in force for Saturday's Save Transit Rally at Daley Plaza, calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill to address Chicagoland's looming $771 million transit fiscal cliff. They demanded a special legislative session in Springfield this summer to prevent a projected 40 percent cut in service and some 3,000 layoffs, similar to what's currently happening in Philadelphia.

• State Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) launched a survey to get your POV on the $771M transit fiscal cliff

• "Developers reveal new 'scaled down' plan for Lincoln Yards site" (Crain's)

• Transportation committee delays vote on CTA anti-smoking resolution, approves resolution for safe youth travel pilot in Austin (Daily Line)

• ATA: "Transit advocates unite to call for special legislative session in Springfield" at recent Union Station rally

• Pritzker: "I believe that we’ll be able to get a transit bill done either in veto session... or, if necessary, we would call a special session (Center Square)