Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Federal Policy

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.

South Siders are hopeful Halsted bus project will lead to faster, more reliable service

By James Porter and John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments

Potential strategies to modernize service in this corridor include dedicated lanes, queue jumps, and Pace Pulse service.

The 79th and Halsted bus terminal. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Have your say on the South Halsted Bus Corridor Project at the upcoming meeting

By John Greenfield | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

As part of the movement towards speeding up buses, the CTA and Pace have teamed up for a study on modernizing transit along South Halsted Street.

MPC’s Toward Universal Mobility report aims to make local transit accessible for all

By Igor Studenkov | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

“We can design transportation systems that are seamless for everyone," said a disability rights advocate at the release. "The only thing that stops us if we don’t have the right people at the table.”

Mount Prospect participated in the Access to Transit program in 2016. Improvements included new shelters and pads to accommodate 60 new covered bike parking spaces. Image: RTA

Federal grants approved for 7 local projects to improve bike and ped access to transit

By John Greenfield | Nov 4, 2019 | No Comments

When bus stops and train stations aren't safe or convenient to walk or bike to, that can be a major disincentive to riding transit.

Chicago's downtown Loop Link corridor is a rare example of space being taken away from drivers and allocated to transit riders in our city. Photo: John Greenfield

How the U.S. legal system supports car-dependence, and how we can change that

By James Porter and John Greenfield | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

Gregory Shill of the University of Iowa discussed his paper "Should Law Subsidize Driving?" at UIC.

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