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Bus Transit

CTA prez Dorval Carter ghosts City Council hearing on ghost runs, service gaps, safety

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Infrastructure

Advocates rally at CTA HQ to demand improvements: “We need to keep being loud”

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Beyond Chicagoland

Why it’s difficult for newbies to navigate Metra, and how it can be made easier

Courtney Cobbs

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Commuters Take Action plans protest this Wednesday before CTA Board Meeting

Ruth Rosas

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Southwest Side CTA riders have continued to experience service gaps

Igor Studenkov

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The South Shore Line’s shuttle bus service is a bit of a mess

Lindsay Bayley

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Bicycling

CDOT holds Vision Zero workshop in Washington Park

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IDOT’s multiyear plan supports intercity rail, bus-on-shoulder… and lots of driving projects

Richard Day

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Chicago Policy

Activists block the development of a parking lot. Is that the best way to stop displacement?

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CTA unveils improvements to Bus Tracker, but will they bust the “ghost run” problem?

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