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Don’t pander to drivers with gas tax holidays and giveaways. Help them drive less instead.
Let's see politicians take bold actions to make walking, transit, and biking practical and attractive alternatives to paying more at the pump, instead of the current "Gas-bagging."
March 25, 2022
Long lines of cars, slowed buses, wasted city resources at Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway
Hopefully in the near future we'll find out exactly how much Wilson's publicity stunt cost Chicago taxpayers.
March 24, 2022
Lawrence viaduct tent fire is one more sign Chicago needs to house our homeless
From more people experiencing homelessness sleeping on 'L' trains, to an increasing number of tents in viaducts, housed Chicagoans are seeing constant reminders of the city's failure to take care of our most vulnerable residents.
March 23, 2022
Mapped: Here’s where Willie Wilson will be creating traffic jams and smog on Thursday
It's good that free stuff is being concentrated in communities that have the most economic need but the negative impacts of congestion, pollution, and increased policing will also be concentrated in those communities.
March 22, 2022
The great motor divide: How our obsession with cars has driven us apart
Transportation by private car fails the city socially, while transit’s built-in opportunities for contact and cooperation are tools we desperately need to leverage in order to learn how to live together again.
March 22, 2022
Thanks Dr. Wilson! Millionaire eases traffic jams by giving away $200K in free CTA tickets
The millionaire and perennial political candidate donated $200,000 of his personal fortune to help out Chicagoans struggling with transportation costs with free fare cards.
March 17, 2022
Consensus reached on plan to make Glenwood in Rogers Park safer by converting it to one-way
The plan to convert this half-mile stretch, part of the Glenwood-Greenview Greenway bike route connecting Uptown and Evanston, already had the blessing of the Chicago Department of Transportation.
March 15, 2022
CTA looks to commission 6 pieces of public art for stations as part of RPM Project
The CTA has announced plans to add to its growing public art collection with six works scheduled for installation as part of the reconstruction of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations.
March 4, 2022
Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year
Officials promised that after the designs proved successful, they would be upgraded with permanent concrete infrastructure. Several years later, that's finally supposed to happen.
March 1, 2022
Auburn Gresham streetscape plan includes short stretch of curb-protected bike lanes
The streetscape project on 79th Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, including a possible curb-protected bike lane treatment on a couple blocks of Halsted.
February 25, 2022