Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 14
• High Speed Rail Alliance form to contact reps, noting that w/o more funding "Metra and the entire Chicago region’s transit system will be devastated."
May 14, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 13
• "CTA workers' union leaders say banned rider list isn't being sufficiently enforced" (CBS)
May 13, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 12
• This morning pedestrians were banned again from walking and hanging out on Lincoln Ave. There's talk of car-free Saturdays this summer. (Bluesky, Twitter)
May 12, 2025
Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 2: How do we convince residents and alders to support safer street designs?
Read Part 1: "Can automated enforcement, 25 mph speed limit be done equitably?" here.
May 8, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 8
• Out of 150 total respondents to our surveys on Twitter and Bluesky, roughly 2/3 want Illinois to allocate $1.5B to save transit with governance reforms
May 8, 2025
Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 1: Can automated enforcement, 25 mph speed limit be done equitably?
Read "Part 2: How do we convince residents and alders to support safer street designs?" here.
May 7, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 7
• Crain's: "Johnson faces pushback over [likely CTA president pick City of Chicago's COO John Roberson] as advocates push for broader search"
May 7, 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