Lincolnwood plans to build the Pratt Boulevard bike-ped bridge Streetsblog proposed
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The new span will bisect the one-mile gap in bridges over the North Shore Channel by the eponymous trail.
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Pace launches campaign to attract riders, restores some pre-pandemic service
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As Pace takes its first steps toward reversing some of its pandemic-related service cuts, it’s launching an ad campaign to bring riders back.
RTA’s new capital funding formula prioritizes existing assets, speed over innovation
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The RTA board unanimously approved a new formula for splitting capital funding between the CTA, Metra, and Pace, emphasizing fixing and upgrading their existing assets and funding projects that promote equity.
Proposed Pace strategic plan puts emphasis on express buses, ridership metrics
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The vision of Pace’s future outlined in its proposed new strategic vision plan emphasizes express services along highways and Pulse Arterial Rapid Transit services along major corridors.
Is this Chicagoland? A modest proposal for defining the region
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is this a reasonable way to define Chicagoland, or does it exclude any towns that deserve to be considered part of the region?
The suburbs are not Chicago, but more Chicagoland unity is needed
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WXRT DJ Lin Brehmer does a regular segment called Lin’s Bin where he answers letters from readers on the air in a poetic way, with an appropriate musical soundtrack. These spots are always entertaining, but I found a recent episode to be especially thought-provoking. The DJ was asked, “Where exactly is Chicagoland – what are […]