After a Tragic Dooring Crash in Pilsen, A Ride to Raise Traffic Safety Awareness
Architecture student Thomas Ferrer was critically injured in the crash. Now 25th Ward residents want to spread the word about the need for safer streets.
September 21, 2018
Adonia Lugo: Bike Advocates Need to Stop Overlooking Issues of Race and Class
Lugo's new book "Bicycle/Race" argues that bike planning discussions must take "human infrastructure" into account.
July 18, 2018
Latino Residents Are Being Displaced From Transit-Friendly Buildings in Albany Park
On Saturday morning, a large crowd of Albany Park residents and tenants gathered in front of the CTA Brown Line’s Kimball Station. The Autonomous Tenants Union and Sunnyside Manor Tenants Union, with the support of 33rd Ward Working Families, were there to deliver a letter to Albany Bank and Trust Company in the hopes of sending a message to developer Ron D. Abrams of Silver Property Group, whose properties are partly funded through the bank’s mortgage loans.
December 4, 2017
Advocates of Color Discuss How to Reclaim Streets for All
When communities of color are truly engaged in planning decisions, it leads to more holistic solutions.
November 15, 2017
Should We Build on, or Burn Down, What Currently Exists?
Mobility justice advocates Oboi Reed and Naomi Doerner discussed the subject at The Untokening convening.
November 10, 2017
Remembering Urban Planner and Activist Alma Zamudio
Alma was a woman who dedicated her adult life to fighting for social justice causes, including equitable transportation access.
October 5, 2017
Let’s Stop Booking Majority-White Panels on Citywide Transportation Issues
If you can't find anyone to sit on your panels who isn’t white, you need to reevaluate what your year-round connections to communities of color look like.
August 18, 2017
LVEJO Is Concerned About Health, Safety Impacts of Hellman’s Factory Truck Traffic
Leaders with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization are worried about the diesel exhaust from trucks passing through the neighborhood and the potential health and safety risks that this traffic poses for residents.
February 8, 2017
Logan Groups Raise Support for 100% Affordable TOD Through Petition Drive
The push to convert a parking lot next to the Logan Square station into a 100-percent-affordable TOD is picking up steam.
January 10, 2017
Landlord Is Blocking Relocation Deal for Tenants Displaced by TOD Plan
Activists are calling on the landlord to stop blocking a relocation agreement that would help his low-income tenants, who are being forced out of his building by the TOD plans, find new homes.
January 3, 2017