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Report: Fair Transit South Cook pilot helped ridership recover from pandemic lows
Cook County’s review of the first full year of the Fair Transit South Cook confirmed some of what Streetsblog Chicago’s earlier dive into Metra ridership numbers suggested.
May 17, 2022
Long lines of cars, slowed buses, wasted city resources at Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway
Hopefully in the near future we'll find out exactly how much Wilson's publicity stunt cost Chicago taxpayers.
March 24, 2022
Mapped: Here’s where Willie Wilson will be creating traffic jams and smog on Thursday
It's good that free stuff is being concentrated in communities that have the most economic need but the negative impacts of congestion, pollution, and increased policing will also be concentrated in those communities.
March 22, 2022
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
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
Skokie’s Crawford bike lanes, passing by 5-lane intersections, won’t be low-stress
Skokie aims to be more appealing for cyclists. But a proposed redesign of Crawford Avenue misses the mark in terms of a design that will meaningfully grow the number of people traveling by bike.
February 24, 2022
Advocates: RTA must overcome “bureaucratic anxiety,” prescribe bold action to save transit
"Transformational ideas may be controversial, but that is not an excuse to avoid them," the letter states. "We need serious and specific proposals to maintain the foundational roles transit plays."
February 22, 2022
Pace teams up with Uber to launch paratransit expansion in DuPage County
Pace board members argued that using ride-hail to fill in the gaps in paratransit service will complement, not cannibalize, existing service.
February 9, 2022
Take a survey to weigh in on Pace’s proposed Tri-State Tollway express services
Pace is inviting the public to give input on the proposed suburb-to-suburb express service expansion along I-294 / the Tri-State Tollway.
February 7, 2022
Police say they know which driver killed Tiffany Borre. Why hasn’t he been charged?
Despite video footage and DNA evidence linking a suspect to the killing, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office has declined to file charges.
December 22, 2021
