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Lori doubles down on her resistance to frequent, affordable South Side Metra
It's time for the mayor to set aside petty territorial concerns, and get the Metra deal done.
October 29, 2019
Police stop stats are more evidence that Black residents have less mobility freedom
Following a 2015 agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU, the number of investigatory stops have plummeted, but 72 percent of cases still involved African American subjects.
October 29, 2019
Mayor Lightfoot wants to jack up the price of ride-hailing trips, and that’s a very good thing
Some of the revenue will be used to help fund transit, including an initiative to speed up neighborhood bus service.
October 18, 2019
Logan affordable TOD got key approvals, flack from NIMBYs, at Plan Commission hearing
While opponents said the land would be more valuable as a parking lot or a market-rate development, proponents stressed the value of keeping Logan Square economiclly diverse.
October 17, 2019
Most meeting attendees opposed King’s plan to turn Drexel bikeways into car parking
Less than a year ago CDOT moved the Drexel bike lanes next to the grassy median to make them safer. Now Alderman Sophia King is proposing to move them back and create new parking lanes by the median.
October 17, 2019
Black advocates call for expanding Chicago’s scooter program with a focus on equity
Oboi Reed from Equiticity and L. Anton Seals Jr. from Grow Greater Englewood put out an advocacy statement in favor of scooters and launched on online petition drive.
October 15, 2019
As scooter pilot ends, Active Trans report calls for expanding it, with strings attached
Go ahead and expand the program, Active Trans says, but require parking docks or corrals, and keep them out of downtown and off the Lakefront Trail.
October 14, 2019
What does mobility justice mean? Reflections on last weekend’s Untokening event
Mobility justice for me is about expanding freedom for people to be able to move and live their lives joyfully and fearlessly.
October 11, 2019
Southwest Siders want action on Cinespace filming that blocks transportation access
The film studio's activities have been shutting down 16th Street and 21st Street in East Douglas Park and Little Village.
October 4, 2019
It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today
Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.
October 2, 2019
