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CTA leaders approve Western Brown rehab, RPM art contracts, complain system gets a bum rap
Of course the most effective way for the CTA to change public perceptions that the system is unreliable, unsafe, and unsanitary is to significantly improve reliability, safety, and sanitation.
April 16, 2023
Chicago Loop Alliance report shows rising pedestrian activity downtown, and more driving
It's critical that public transportation, alongside business, culture, and tourism, makes a full comeback. Rising emissions, increasing traffic violence and car-choked streets are not recovery.
April 14, 2023
CDOT quietly relocated 16 ineffective speed cameras. What impact will that have on safety?
The Chicago Department of Transportation, which oversees the program, said this was done in response to last year's UIC study of our city's speed cameras.
April 13, 2023
Federal judge ruled that Chicago’s failure to install APS is discrimination against the blind
It's been a long and bumpy road, but it looks like Chicago is finally on its way to becoming an easier city for visually-impaired residents to navigate.
April 13, 2023
CTA boasts of better reliability, offers new deets on hiring, CTA Action says more is needed
While the CTA continues to make increment progress in reliability and staffing, Commuters Take Action says it's not nearly enough to get the system where it needs to go.
April 12, 2023
Chicago Cycling Strategy lays out a vision for a connected, protected bikeway network
CDOT recently released a document entitled Chicago Cycling Strategy, outlining a long-term strategy to improve cycling safety in the city and build the best bike network in the country.
April 11, 2023
What are agencies doing to ease Kennedy lane closure pain, and what should they do?
IDOT and other local transportation agencies are taking steps to address the challenges this project may pose for people commuting by both cars and more sustainable modes.
April 10, 2023
What’s the most constructive response to unhoused people sleeping on the ‘L’?
Thanks to Brandon Johnson's election, there's a new opportunity to pass Bring Chicago Home, which would be a win-win-win for unhoused people, commuters, and the CTA.
April 6, 2023
Let’s *go* Brandon! Will Johnson keep his big transportation campaign promises?
Johnson's campaign was all about promising fresh approaches to Chicago's problems, so here's hoping he applies that philosophy to traffic safety and mobility challenges as well.
April 6, 2023
The bike lane haters in the Sun-Times aren’t completely wrong
It's a case of someone being so wrong, they're right. It's true that bicycle riders shouldn't be sharing the road with fast traffic –they should get protected bike lanes.
April 4, 2023
