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Goodbye street-running South Shore service in Michigan City, hello double-tracking
Earlier this month, 11th Street station was closed to allow for converting the line into two tracks on separate rights of way.
May 14, 2021
Buckner moves to block $6.5B in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub
So far Wisconsin-based Landmark Development has failed to make a case that the project would have enough public benefits to justify the massive subsidy.
May 5, 2021
Transportation for America Panel: Bold vision is needed to achieve transit funding parity
Panelists also agreed that connecting representatives with the real-life stories of their constituents is the most powerful way to build support for funding transit.
April 26, 2021
ATA, 22 local other orgs ask Congressional reps to push for $60B annually for transit
Many other national and local organizations will be lobbying Congressional delegations across the country, as part of the National Campaign for Transit Justice.
April 23, 2021
Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus
How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?
April 20, 2021
How will new Chicagoland stimulus transit cash be spent? We won’t know until fall
When it comes to transit funding from the most recent federal COVID-19 stimulus package, the common sentiment from transit agencies in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana can be summed up as “wait and see.”
April 16, 2021
You can ask lawmakers to eliminate 20% local match requirement for walk/bike infra
File a witness slip online by Tuesday afternoon to make your voice heard.
April 12, 2021
Trib’s Steve Chapman: Transit use is down right now, so we should never invest in it again
In the bizarro world of the the right-leaning Chicago Tribune, the lessons of the pandemic are that we should instead be putting more focus on car-based transportation.
April 12, 2021
Taking an Amtrak + bike camping trip during the time of the coronavirus
I was fairly comfortable using Amtrak for this journey, so as long as we don't see another major spike in cases, I'll probably make more such trips this year as a safer alternative to flying.
April 5, 2021
Buttigieg broadly commits to increased safety, equity, sustainability – details pending
Buttigieg presented an ambitious vision for a more just and sustainable transportation system in the U.S. We’ll be eagerly following the funding, regulation and policy specifics of how this vision can be realized.
March 26, 2021
