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Smart Streets, Complete Streets ordinances pass; Plow the Sidewalks introduced
Today's City Council meeting was very eventful from a livable streets perspective, with four different walk/bike/transit ordinances passed or introduced.
March 15, 2023
At CTA meeting, Commuters Take Action calls out “misleading” reliability claims
The war of words between Commuters Take Action CTA rider advocacy group and CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. continued at the yesterday’s Chicago Transit Board meeting.
March 10, 2023
Asked about CTA at debate, Johnson focuses on reliability, Vallas calls for more cops
Johnson's response mostly focused on strategies to make transit operate more efficiently, while Vallas said "Public safety is the overriding issue."
March 8, 2023
Meetings announced for next RPM phases, to make North Red, Purple lines 100% accessible
Last week there was a light in the (subway) tunnel in terms of making the remaining non-accessible North Side Red and Purple stations ADA-compliant.
March 6, 2023
Chicago Transit Justice Coalition called for better CTA working conditions at protest
The coalition held a protest earlier this month at the Jefferson Park Transit Center, as the CTA struggles with with reliability and safety issues caused by staffing shortages.
February 28, 2023
All three 16th Ward candidates want to reopen the Racine Green Line station
On Friday, February 17, the candidates running for alderman of the 16th Ward discussed what they would do to continue the community-led efforts to reopen the Racine Green Line station.
February 23, 2023
Blue Line blues: CTA quietly cut schedule again this month, but reliability issues persist
After the CTA announced cuts to scheduled rail service last September in an effort to make the schedule better reflect available labor, earlier this month the agency quietly reduced the number of scheduled Blue Line runs even further.
February 13, 2023
Magical thinking: Mayor Lightfoot tries to wish away the CTA’s looming fiscal cliff
Lightfoot isn't going to help make the CTA's funding picture any rosier until she acknowledges that there is a problem. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
February 9, 2023
Making the fiscal argument for municipal sidewalk clearance at #PlowTheSidewalks town hall
Said Access living transportation analyst Laura Saltzman, "If we can afford to clear the streets then we can afford to clear the sidewalks."
February 1, 2023
Actually, proposal for PBLs on Clark is “popular with people who want corridor to flourish”
A draft of the Clark Street Crossroads report released on January 6 proposes converting curbside parking on one side of Clark north of Montrose to make room for protected bike lanes.
January 31, 2023
