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Lightfoot Made Big Plans for Transportation; Let’s Make Sure She Follows Through
Here's a list of Lightfoot's key promises on traffic safety, enforcement, transit, TOD, biking, ride-hailing, and more. Streetsblog will help push her to keep them.
April 3, 2019
Mobility Task Force Report Has Some Good Ideas, But Misses Some Opportunities
The study fails to mention that better collaboration between CTA, Pace, Metra, and the South Shore Line could greatly improve mobility for residents.
March 20, 2019
To Build or Not to Build? Some Western Spring Residents Oppose Bike Path
Neighbors opposed to the project have voiced NIMBY concerns about "privacy" and "safety."
March 13, 2019
4th Pedestrian Fatality in Niles Area May Inspire a Crackdown — on Pedestrians
After Annamma Abraham, 67, was killed while walking on a stretch of five-lane Golf Road with no sidewalks, the Niles police may start writing more pedestrian citations.
March 12, 2019
Recent Metra-pocalypses Are a Wake-up Call That We Need Better Transit Funding
If the multiple service disruptions, culminating in last week's Union Station fiasco, don't convince lawmakers that our transit system needs an overhaul, nothing will.
March 5, 2019
Metra Launching New Reverse Commute Service to Lake County Next Month
The extra runs are being bankrolled with help from Lake County municipalities and businesses.
February 20, 2019
2-to-5-Lane Conversion “Road Binge” Planned for Franklin Park
The expansion is being justified with traffic projections that will be a self-fulfilling prophesy.
February 8, 2019
After Drivers Kill 3 Seniors in the Niles Area Within a Month, Police Scold Pedestrians
Admonishing pedestrians to not use cell phones and wear reflective material is easier than actually taking steps to make them safer.
January 28, 2019
Glenview is Spending More Than Half a Million to Oppose Amtrak’s Hiawatha Expansion
Is it an understandable move, or just absurd NIMBYism?
January 22, 2019
Matt Michel Reviews Chicago’s Best Transit-Oriented Taquerias
Streetsblog reader Matt Michel wrote up reviews of his favorite taquerias within walking distance of 'L' stations.
January 16, 2019
