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Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes
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Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.
Loop Alliance report shows increased foot traffic and decreased driving in December
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Predictably, overall Loop activity was inversely proportionate to the COVID positivity rate.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 15
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Lightfoot: Reopening bars, restaurants would address problem of unsafe secret parties (Block Club) Man, 47, fatally shot while walking in Austin, stray bullet injures CTA bus driver (ABC) ATA applauds the CTA for offering free mask dispensers on 20 bus routes After Hilco dust disaster, city moves to increase fines for polluters (Block Club) Advocates […]
CDOT responds to COVID transportation challenges with a flurry of bike rack installations
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The department rose to the occasion, installing 899 "inverted U" racks and 20 on-street bike parking corrals.
Valuable land next to the Wellington ‘L’ stop is being squandered on an anti-TOD
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Altogether there will be a net gain of 166 parking spots, encouraging more people to drive to the hospital campus instead of taking the train.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 14
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Will Chicago be able to get rid of our giant Trump sign? (Tribune) Yonah Freemark: Metra’s new cars are welcome, but it’s stupid that they’re still “built like bricks” Police: 1 dead, 3 injured after speeding driver hits another vehicle in South Deering (Sun-Times) Teresa Dan, 56, fights to recover from River Grove hit-and-run, police […]