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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
Ghost bike ceremony will honor fallen cyclist Douglas Demott 10/27 in Tinley Park
A 93-year-old driver fatally struck DeMott as he cycled home from work in the southwest suburb last January.
October 17, 2019
Decolonizing our work: Why Untokening is so powerful for BIPOC transportation advocates
Transportation and mobility justice work has the potential to play a big role in shifting things for the better if we are able to do it right.
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
Metra holds public meeting on its proposed 2020 budget, with $480M in capital upgrades
The money will be spent on new and rehabbed rolling stock, station upgrades, yard improvements, and bridges.
October 10, 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
Auburn Gresham Metra stop, which broke ground yesterday, could spur South Side retail
While the current station design is too car-oriented, it does include a pedestrian plaza and plentiful bike parking.
October 1, 2019
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.
September 25, 2019
Weigh in on the scooter pilot with new city survey, and at tomorrow’s Active Trans meetup
Almost 675,000 rides were taken in three months, with 25 citations written to nine of the companies for failure to comply with the pilot rules.
September 24, 2019
Celebrate international PARK(ing) Day in Chicago Friday in Jeff Park and Logan
One day a year, land that's usually used for car storage is transformed into vibrant public space.
September 19, 2019
