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Can the CTA and Metra Learn to Play Nice?
Benefits of increased cooperation could include fare integration and an alternative to the costly Red Line extension.
February 8, 2018
Gerber, Baby! Restoration of the 1923 Gerber Building Marks the end of the Wilson Rehab
With the recent restoration of the building's clock tower, the city calls the $203 million Wilson station rzenovation a success.
February 5, 2018
The Boystown Parking Ban Raises Issues of Race and Class
Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.
February 2, 2018
We Need Better Obama Center Transit Access, Not Wider Roads
It's great that the design calls for pedestrianizing Cornell Drive, but the city plans to create more capacity than ever, which will only encourage more driving.
February 1, 2018
Residents Weigh in on CDOT’s Latest Logan Square Designs
The city's project to redesign Milwaukee Avenue from Logan Boulevard to Belmont has primarily focused on the complicated issues that surround the six-way intersection and traffic circle at Milwaukee, Logan, and Kedzie, the namesake of the Logan Square neighborhood. Last night's hearing on the initiative was similarly focused on the juction, as five of the eight design presentation boards and all of the tables set up with plans laid out upon them featured the four new Logan Square layout concepts. That made sense, because anyone that you talked to at the meeting immediately offered up their opinion about the intersection, although people still had some thoughts to share about the rest of Milwaukee.
January 31, 2018
Aldermen: Free-Floating Car-Share Would Reduce Parking
Alderman Joe Moreno has proposed a test of the technology starting this spring.
January 26, 2018
Route Announced for $2.3 Billion Red Line Extension, But How Will We Fund It?
Trump may eliminate federal funding for transit, and a transit TIF wouldn't raise anywhere near enough money for the project.
January 26, 2018
A Tale of Two Shuttles: New Commuter Routes Planned for Oak Brook and Naperville
One shuttle will take Chicagoans from Hinsdale or Elmhurst to Oak Brook job centers. The other will squire Napervillians to their Loop offices.
January 25, 2018
Black Residents: Private Guards Would Make Ukrainian Village Less Safe for Walking
A white resident has proposed hiring a security patrol, financed by neighbors, in response to a spike in crime. But people of color argue that this could make them the target of racial profiling.
January 18, 2018
Mike Payne: Let’s Improve Rail Access to the Obama Center Instead of Widening Roads
The longtime Gray Line advocate spoke before the CTA board last week to propose rapid transit service on the Metra Electric line as an alternative to more asphalt.
January 17, 2018