Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about County Policy

A Metra Electric train pulls in to the South Shore station on the South Chicago branch. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

What’s going on with the South Cook Fair Transit pilot?

By John Greenfield | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

Reduced Metra Electric and Rock Island fares and increased service are set to launch in January, but Lightfoot and the CTA are still not completely on board with the plan.

Union Pacific Northwest Metra line riders disembark at the currently car-centric Pingree Road station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Crystal Lake, RTA seek community feedback for transit-orientated development plan

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

Crystal Lake is working with the Regional Transportation Authority to create a Strategic Action Plan, which would guide community development and transportation planning around the suburb's two Metra stations.

The all-affordable TOD planned next to the Logan Square stop.

Spotlight on equitable transit oriented development at Elevated Chicago symposium

By David Zegeye | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

The virtual symposium focused on equitable approaches to transit-oriented development.

UIC infectious disease chief: It’s safe to walk, bike with non-household members

By Sharon Hoyer | May 21, 2020 | No Comments

"If both people are wearing masks the chance of infection is quite low... As long as you socially distance, you can be with friends and family.”

The Kensington/115th Street station on the Metra Electric District line's Blue Island branch. The proposed schedule change would make it easier to transfer between different kinds of runs at this station. Photo: Adam Moss

MED service changes for PTC would beef up Chicago service, change suburban expresses

By Igor Studenkov | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

Not to be confused with the South Cook Fair Transit project, Metra needs to adjust Metra Electric District schedules to accommodate Positive Train Control, a rail safety system.

Rendering of the proposed 103rd Street Red Line station. Image: CTA

Why not both? South Red Line project would complement, not compete with, rapid Metra service

By David Zegeye | Feb 17, 2020 | No Comments

When two out-of-towners on the payroll of an often-anti-transit organization exhort Chicagoans to "cancel" a rail project in an underserved neighborhood, skepticism is warranted.

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