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CTA releases its proposed 2023 budget during a time of rider discontent
Amidst the current transit headwinds, the CTA today released its proposal for a $1.8 billion operating budget for 2023.
October 20, 2022
Pace proposes pulling the plug on 69 suspended routes, making most transfers free
The budget calls for doing away with most transfer fees, making all current CTA-only passes valid on Pace, and permanently eliminating 69 routes suspended during COVID.
October 19, 2022
Gaining momentum: ATA discusses its campaigns to fight car-dependency
Founded in 1985 as the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, the ATA works to improve conditions and increase opportunities for bicycling, walking and transit.
October 12, 2022
Líderes Latines de Transporte de Chicago: Ismael Cuevas
Para elevar las voces y el trabajo de estos profesionales de Chicago, entrevistaré a personas que están mejorando nuestra ciudad y aportando diversas perspectivas a las cuestiones del transporte.
October 6, 2022
Chicago Latine Transportation Leaders: Ismael Cuevas
In order to elevate the voices and work of Latine Chicago transportation professionals, Streetsblog will interview people who are bettering our city and bringing diverse perspectives to transportation issues.
October 6, 2022
“Move Chicago” transportation recommendations are back for Chicago’s 2023 election
Move Chicago is a collection of strategies and recommendations that have been developed by many different advocates and organizations, and city and regional planners, over the years.
October 5, 2022
What’s going on with Divvy availability? Let’s look at the data.
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.
September 30, 2022
Visualizing how current Chicago infrastructure fails people walking and biking
Changing the status quo will take political courage, and it might inconvenience some drivers, but it will definitely save lives.
September 20, 2022
UIC’s Urban Transportation Center starts its fall series with a seminar on transit inequity
Speakers included Ellen Partridge from the Shared-Use Mobility Center, Audrey Wenninkfrom the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Rochelle Jacksonfrom the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council.
September 19, 2022
CTA prez Dorval Carter ghosts City Council hearing on ghost runs, service gaps, safety
"If he was taking it seriously he would be here. That's a disrespect to the Council, and to the ridership, and to the workers."
September 14, 2022
