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Number of unarmed guards on CTA doubling to over 200 to address crime, rule-breaking
It will be important to monitor whether the increase in security personnel leads to more unhoused people being ejected from the system without being offered a better alternative for shelter.
March 9, 2022
Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
March 9, 2022
Nice: CTA gets $118M in operations funds, opportunity to apply for electrification cash
The operations funds will help address service gaps due to labor shortages. Plus federal grant programs were announced that the CTA can apply for to fund plans to electrify its bus fleet by 2040.
March 8, 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
CTA looks to commission 6 pieces of public art for stations as part of RPM Project
The CTA has announced plans to add to its growing public art collection with six works scheduled for installation as part of the reconstruction of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations.
March 4, 2022
BMW driver fatally struck Gerardo Marciales, 41, as he crossed DLSD on a Divvy bike
Police say the motorist "instead of turning left according to the traffic signal, continued north," but he wasn't cited.
March 3, 2022
Closed underpasses, and opening minds about a radical redesign of DuSable LSD
Impassible underpasses aren't just inconvenient. They also highlight the inconvenient truth that our addiction to cars is contributing to the existential threat of climate change.
March 2, 2022
50 groups ask Pritzker to focus federal funding on sustainable, equitable transportation
"You have a historic opportunity to change the status quo of transportation planning to build good zero emissions public transit systems and construct infrastructure for safe walking and biking."
March 2, 2022
We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off
It turns out that Divvy members can unlock electric bike-share cycles with their plastic key fobs, even if they're not parked at traditional docking stations.
March 1, 2022
Polka Dot Spot and Bel/Ash/Lin slated to get permanent infrastructure this year
Officials promised that after the designs proved successful, they would be upgraded with permanent concrete infrastructure. Several years later, that's finally supposed to happen.
March 1, 2022
