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Gas giveaways harm people. We shouldn’t let rich politicians like Willie Wilson do them.
Gas giveaways don't just benefit some residents while ignoring others. They negatively impact vulnerable people by slowing down buses and creating more emissions.
March 21, 2022
Justice is blind: Lawsuit to force Chicago to retrofit all stoplights with audible signals advances
Chicago’s dearth of accessible signals is “a huge pain in the ass,” says legally blind artist and musician Andy Slater.
March 17, 2022
Thanks Dr. Wilson! Millionaire eases traffic jams by giving away $200K in free CTA tickets
The millionaire and perennial political candidate donated $200,000 of his personal fortune to help out Chicagoans struggling with transportation costs with free fare cards.
March 17, 2022
Consensus reached on plan to make Glenwood in Rogers Park safer by converting it to one-way
The plan to convert this half-mile stretch, part of the Glenwood-Greenview Greenway bike route connecting Uptown and Evanston, already had the blessing of the Chicago Department of Transportation.
March 15, 2022
Man on bike, 54, critically injured in crash with SUV driver at Bryn Mawr/Nagle intersection
The bike rider suffered an injury to his right leg and multiple lacerations to the body and face, but he is expected to survive.
March 15, 2022
Homeless coalition hopes CTA security plan won’t “criminalize” unhoused people on the ‘L’
"I don't think there's really going to be a decrease in people sleeping on the trains until we have a more systemic solution in place.”
March 14, 2022
Number of unarmed guards on CTA doubling to over 200 to address crime, rule-breaking
It will be important to monitor whether the increase in security personnel leads to more unhoused people being ejected from the system without being offered a better alternative for shelter.
March 9, 2022
Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
March 9, 2022
Nice: CTA gets $118M in operations funds, opportunity to apply for electrification cash
The operations funds will help address service gaps due to labor shortages. Plus federal grant programs were announced that the CTA can apply for to fund plans to electrify its bus fleet by 2040.
March 8, 2022
New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving
For a supposedly environmental-minded organization to do that can only be described as hypocritical and perverse.
March 7, 2022
