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One of two 1960s “green limousines” offering rides downtown during the celebration, and a rider with period-appropriate pants. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

CTA celebrates 75 years of service with a day of nostalgia

By Eric Allix Rogers | Oct 3, 2022 | No Comments

Thanks to the CTA’s staff for volunteering their time and efforts to throw a 75th birthday party – not for themselves, but for all of us who value transit and appreciate its long history in Chicago.

Riders on the Eisenhower Expressway, aka "The Ike." This person had a "Critical Mass: 50 Years" sign on their backpack. Photo: John Greenfield

Gallery: Chicago Critical Mass marks 25 years (or is it 50?) by biking the Ike

By John Greenfield | Oct 1, 2022 | No Comments

This was highly symbolic, since an ongoing project to expand the interchange has cost $800 million so far in taxpayer money, but it has little or no direct value for people who don't own cars.

Photo of Sam Bell below a "STOP KILLING BIKERS" message to drivers. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

Over 100 people showed up to honor Sam Bell at ghost bike vigil on Milwaukee

By John Greenfield | Sep 30, 2022 | No Comments

Bell, 44, was fatally struck while biking on September 8 at Milwaukee and Huron Street in River West, by an elderly driver who failed to yield while making a left turn.

The Clark & Randolph Divvy station. Image: Google Maps

What’s going on with Divvy availability? Let’s look at the data.

By Steven Lucy | Sep 30, 2022 | No Comments

Over a roughly six-week period, at any given point about one in five stations has no "classic" bikes (the original blue non-electric cycles) for rent and one fifth of docked bikes were flagged as broken.

Carter and a customer assistant with one of the new security camera monitors. Photo: CTA

Another win for embattled CTA prez: Installation of new security monitors in stations is complete

By John Greenfield | Sep 27, 2022 | No Comments

While the monitor project probably won't revolutionize CTA safety, it should give the CAs a better sense of what's happening in their stations, allowing them to respond to emergencies more quickly.

Here’s a closer look at the DLSD “die-in” during Chicago, Bike Grid Now’s Jamapalooza protest

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

The culmination of the rally, a dramatic "die-in" protest on DuSable Lake Short Drive next to Buckingham Fountain, deserves a little more discussion.

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