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MPC’s #BustedCommute Campaign Highlights Failing Transportation Infrastructure
The social media campaign aims to light a fire under state lawmakers to adequately fund transportation infrastructure.
March 24, 2018
Bus Riders Have a New, Faster Service on Broadway Avenue in Gary
Service on the Broadway Metro Express is now three times an hour instead of the two times per hour of the two routes it replaces.
March 15, 2018
Biss, Pritzker, Daiber Say They’re Supportive of Active Transportation Modes in New Questionnaire
Three Democratic Party gubernatorial candidates answer questions about their positions walking, bicycling, and riding transit in Illinois. Rauner didn't respond.
March 9, 2018
From Ohio: Should IDOT Collaborate on the Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop Project?
Cleveland inked a $1.2M deal to study the route, but the technology doesn't exist yet.
March 6, 2018
A Look At Active Trans’ Transportation Platform for the 2018 Illinois Election
The document calls for shifting the focus of planning and funding efforts from speeding car traffic to improving safety, health, sustainability, and equity.
February 26, 2018
Equiticity Takes Its Mobility Message From Russia to Peru
CEO Oboi Reed will also be spreading the word about the group's transportation equity efforts all over the country this year.
February 21, 2018
Stop Badgering Us! CTA Riders Weigh in on Wisconsin’s Anti-Transit Ad Campaign
The advertisements, from a public-private agency created by anti-transit governor Scott Walker, assume that millennials would rather drive than ride a train. Young straphangers say that's not the case.
February 16, 2018
Why Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Would Be Bad News for Chicago
The plan cuts federal funding for transit and Amtrak, and Trump's 2019 budget calls for eliminating a key source of grants for CTA projects.
February 13, 2018
New Chaddick Institute Study Finds Increased Demand for Intercity Bus Travel
New technologies and services are fueling the bus boom
January 30, 2018
Why Toronto Should Follow Chicago’s Lead and Tax Ride-Share to Fund Transit
Toronto is considering passing a fee on Uber and Lyft to fund the TTC. John appeared on Toronto public radio this morning to explain why Chicago passed such a tax.
January 29, 2018
