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Unfortunately, most bus lanes have been removed from Pace South Halsted Pulse plan
While it's unfortunate that the Pulse Halsted plan no longer includes significant stretches of bus lanes, hopefully the other time-saving features will help shorten trips for South Side and Southland commuters.
May 26, 2022
Here’s the CTA’s explanation for the infuriating “ghost” bus and train problem
Everyone hates the now-common situation where train or bus runs appear the Train Tracker and Bus Tracker, but then disappear before they ever arrive.
May 26, 2022
Possible Chicago public restroom pilot could help improve access to public space
Advocates for more public restrooms for Chicagoans will be heartened by signs of movement to address the problem.
May 25, 2022
Three South Side pedestrian crash fatality cases from earlier this year
Earlier this month SBC cofounder Steven Vance launched a new Chicago Crash Browser, which pulls data from the city's data portal, checking for new reports every hour.
May 25, 2022
Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments affordable TOD: an experiment in re-integration
As I've said before, if housing affordability in Chicago's swiftly gentrifying Logan Square neighborhood is like a sinking ship, the new all-affordable transit-oriented development that opened next to the eponymous Blue Line station last Friday is like a lifeboat. It provides low-income and working-class longtime residents with an opportunity to weather the storm.
May 23, 2022
Is this the beginning of prioritizing buses on Chicago’s streets?
Better Streets for Buses meetings have started, and ELPC calls for five bus rapid transit routes in five years.
May 19, 2022
Shared Mobility Action Agenda aims to make non-private-car modes handy for all by 2030
There are many ways to screw up shared mobility. So hopefully the action agenda will focus on shared modes that actually decrease emissions, rather than exacerbate climate change.
May 17, 2022
Lightfoot banning teens from Millennium Park is the wrong public safety approach
Instead of shutting youth out of public spaces, we need to be designing more public spaces around them, and investing in resources that will help them thrive.
May 16, 2022
Seven advocacy groups discuss why this Wednesday’s Chicago Ride of Silence is important
The 20th annual Chicago Ride of Silence is an opportunity to mourn and reflect on lost lives, part of a global movement to honor people killed and injured on bicycles, and demand changes to keep bike riders safe
May 13, 2022
BMW driver killed Concepcion Lopez, 82, at bus stop on Peterson Ave. in West Ridge
Peterson is a five-lane speedway, bus stop fatalities are common in Chicago, and BMW drivers are the motorists most likely to get in crashes.
May 12, 2022
