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As it stands, lower-income Illinois municipalities, such as south-suburban Dolton, have obstacles to getting their fair share of transportation infrastructure, especially walking and biking facilities. Two new bills seek to address that. Photo: John Greenfield

Help level the playing field for Illinois walk/bike funding this weekend

By John Greenfield | Feb 26, 2021 | No Comments

Currently there's a highly unfair situation when it comes to state funding for driving, walking, and biking infrastructure. But a new bill under consideration in the state legislature could help fix the problem.

A still from a Bicycle Film Festival short about the first BMX crew in Nigeria.

February transportation advocacy happenings: Suburban Action Week and Bike Film Fest

By John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2021 | No Comments

Things are heating up on the transportation advocacy front this month as the Active Transportation Alliance is hosting a couple of promising-sounding online events.

Good mask compliance on a Red Line car in late December. Photo: John Greenfield

Local transit agencies: CDC mask mandate will give our existing rules more teeth

By John Greenfield | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

Hopefully now that the federal government is getting more serious about mask compliance, we'll see better behavior on this front from local transit riders.

The construction of Chicago's Eisenhower Expressway destroyed vibrant West Side communities. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-led approach to planning

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.

Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule

By Steven Vance | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments

A "regional rail" scheme, with more frequent service during non-rush hours, would make the network more useful non-white collar workers, as well as non-work commutes.

A women-only car in New Dehli, India. Photo: Jordan Worthington

Readers: Women-only transit would be awesome / impractical / sexist / transphobic

By Olivia Grenzebach and John Greenfield | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments

One thing's for sure: If such a program is going to be implemented in Chicago, it needs to be explicitly inclusive of all women, including trans women, and nonbinary people.

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