Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Federal Policy

A Metra train pulls into the Palatine station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Metra is unhappy about the RTA focusing stimulus funds on transit-dependent areas

By Igor Studenkov | Feb 22, 2021 | No Comments

The CTA would get $361 million, while Metra would get only $83 million, and Pace would get $22 million for fixed-route bus service, plus $20 million for paratransit.

GoFundMe launched for bike crash survivor Alex Betzel, image of SUV released

By John Greenfield | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments

"It is beyond frustrating that a young, healthy woman with health coverage will be indebted for a crash that she was completely innocent in," wrote Betzel's girlfriend.

Rendering of a pedestrianized street on the Obama center site.

Obama Center work starts this summer. What does the plan mean for transportation?

By John Greenfield | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

The Obama center should improve the Jackson Park green space and pedestrian and bike access within the park. But it's a shame that LSD and Stony Island had to be widened as part of the bargain.

Good mask compliance on a Red Line car in late December. Photo: John Greenfield

Local transit agencies: CDC mask mandate will give our existing rules more teeth

By John Greenfield | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

Hopefully now that the federal government is getting more serious about mask compliance, we'll see better behavior on this front from local transit riders.

The construction of Chicago's Eisenhower Expressway destroyed vibrant West Side communities. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-led approach to planning

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.

Chicago's 95th/Dan Ryan terminal is in a Critical Service Area. Photo: John Greenfield

RTA plans to focus federal COVID stimulus funding to transit-dependent areas

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 25, 2021 | No Comments

The Regional Transportation Authority is planning to use federal stimulus funding to support transit services to "to the places and people across the region who most need transit" during the pandemic.

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