Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bus Transit

Chicago's Cherry Avenue Bridge serves bicycles and trains. Photo: Steven Vance

Let’s modernize Chicago transportation with old-school technology

By John Greenfield | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Tech gurus like Elon Musk say we "electric sleds," car tunnels, autonomous vehicles, and Hyperloop tubes will save America's cities from gridlock. What we really need is more trains, buses, and bikes.

Pace's bus terminal at the Linden Purple Line station in Wilmette. Photo: Robbie Zoline

At Pace hearing in Wilmette, concerns about impact of route changes on students, workers

By Jeff Zoline and Robbie Zoline | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

This was the last of a series of public meetings on a set of proposed changes in the north suburbs as part the second phase of the North Shore Coordination Plan.

A King County Metro bus on 5th Avenue in Seattle. Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation

Seattle decreased solo driving commutes, and Chicago can too

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Thanks to transportation progressive policies, the number of commuters driving solo in the Seattle region dropped from 53 percent in 2010 to 44 percent in 2018. Chicago should learn from that example.

Motorists illegally drive in downtown Loop Link bus lanes. Photo: Kevin Zolkiewicz

Lightfoot’s crackdown on bus and bike lane violations is a step in the right direction

By John Greenfield | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

A new ordinance would allow parking aides to photo violations of bus and bike lanes and mail the tickets, even scofflaws try to escape the fine by driving away.

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.

The 111th/Pullman Metra Electric station. Photo: Jeff Zoline

At Pullman event, residents say pilot would make Metra accessible to more South Siders

By James Porter and John Greenfield | Feb 14, 2020 | No Comments

"Currently, [the Metra fare] prices a few folks out. A lot of people, especially in this area, can't afford it," said one attendee.

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