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Valuable land next to the Wellington ‘L’ stop is being squandered on an anti-TOD
Altogether there will be a net gain of 166 parking spots, encouraging more people to drive to the hospital campus instead of taking the train.
January 14, 2021
New TOD planned for Zia’s Lago Via site in Lakeview
This site is a half-mile walk from the Irving Park Brown Line station, and is also on the relatively high-frequency Ashland Avenue bus corridor.
January 13, 2021
Metra board chooses new modern passenger rail cars to replace 1950s “Gallery” cars
Metra has selected a new passenger coach design that will eventually replace the current "Gallery" cars.
January 13, 2021
Dunkin’ drive-though at 35th/Archer station is a tragic waste of transit-friendly land
It's a shame when land next to a CTA station isn't leveraged to take advantage of that valuable amenity, but is instead squandered on car-centric land uses.
January 12, 2021
Pace’s new Plainfield garage will enable expansion of I-55 Bus on Shoulder service
This facility will make room for more vehicles needed to to take commuters from various south-suburban park-n-ride lots to downtown Chicago.
January 8, 2021
Linda Washington, 50, killed while walking at 79th/Lafayette, a deadly intersection
There are several factors that may explain why there have been so many pedestrian deaths at this location.
January 8, 2021
How things will work while Red Line is shut down for flyover work the next 2 weekends
Making the transfer between the Belmont and Addison stations via a shuttle will be rather time-consuming, so you might be better off just taking a regular bus instead of the train.
January 8, 2021
Here’s what we should do to actually make the Illinois Prairie Path safer in Hillside
Both IDOT's plan to reroute the trail, and village trustee hopeful Roger Romanelli's counter-proposal, have shortcomings.
January 8, 2021
Patsy Ely, 62, killed in Logan DUI crash, was first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2021
Drivers have killed at least two other pedestrians on Fullerton, a wide five-lane road, within two miles of this crash site in recent years.
January 6, 2021
Ashland BRT NIMBY Roger Romanelli is fighting IDOT’s plan to relocate the Prairie Path
Romanelli, who helped kill Chicago's plan for bus rapid transit, is now trying to do the same thing with an Illinois Department of Transportation proposal to relocate a section of the Prairie Path.
January 5, 2021
