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A Look At Active Trans’ Transportation Platform for the 2018 Illinois Election
The document calls for shifting the focus of planning and funding efforts from speeding car traffic to improving safety, health, sustainability, and equity.
February 26, 2018
Obama Center Transportation Plan Will Cost $175 Million, Mostly for Road Widening
Conservatively, $125 million of that money will be used to add lanes to Lake Shore Drive and Stony Island. Think how far that money could go towards improvoing transit access to the center instead.
February 23, 2018
Can the CTA and Metra Learn to Play Nice?
Benefits of increased cooperation could include fare integration and an alternative to the costly Red Line extension.
February 8, 2018
Black Residents: Private Guards Would Make Ukrainian Village Less Safe for Walking
A white resident has proposed hiring a security patrol, financed by neighbors, in response to a spike in crime. But people of color argue that this could make them the target of racial profiling.
January 18, 2018
Latest Crash Highlights Need for Guardrails Along Lakefront Trail
The collision, which critically injured the driver, was at least the third crash along the south Lakefront Trail within a few months.
January 3, 2018
Worry Less About $40 Tolls and More About Plans to Widen I-55
The Tribune is concerned about congestion-priced lanes on the Stevenson resulting in Virginia-style $40 tolls, but the real problem is that expanding the highway would encourage more driving.
December 18, 2017
North LSD Survey Says: People Want More Buses, Fewer Cars
The solution is clear: build more bus lanes. But IDOT doesn't seem to have fully gotten the memo yet.
December 7, 2017
IDOT Is Considering Adding Four New Car Lanes Lanes to I-55
All additional lanes would be "managed" lanes with policies and technology intended limit congestion within them.
December 1, 2017
Suggested Sites for Amazon HQ2 Have Wildly Varying Transit & Bike Access
The options range from downtown sites with with great transit and bike access to suburban sites that are tough to reach without a car.
October 25, 2017
IDOT Favors Managed Lanes for the North LSD Redesign
IDOT finally lifted the curtain off its Transit and Managed lanes concepts for the North Lake Shore Drive reconstruction project.
October 17, 2017
