Active Transportation Alliance
At ATA’s Transit is Essential Town Hall, participants discussed strategies to improve local bus and train service
Ideas included offering more Metra reverse-commute service, diversifying the transit advocacy community, and canvassing door-to-door on public transportation issues.
CTA says surveys reveal customer satisfaction has gone up. What do transit advocates make of that finding?
The Active Transportation Alliance and the grassroots transit advocacy group Commuters Take Action talked about their impressions of the survey results.
Watch: Discussing Chicago’s 2023 bikeway wins and challenges at an ATA City Advocacy discussion
The Active Transportation Alliance graciously invited Streetsblog Chicago to talk about what we learned by visiting every bikeway built in 2023.
The 130th Street sidepath, connecting the new Red Line station and Major Taylor Trail, is moving ahead
CDOT says the project will be entering its preliminary design phase soon, although it may be a while before it's ready to ride.
Will Chicago’s Better Streets for Buses plan result in real BRT this time?
Let's keep our fingers crossed that, unlike Ashland BRT, the city will come up with a fast bus proposal that actually goes somewhere.
Active Transportation Alliance’s annual member meeting celebrated 2023 walk/bike/transit wins and hinted at the year ahead
It was a full house at the Revolution Brewing Taproom on Tuesday for ATA’s annual member party.
Transportation advocates share potential solutions to avoid the CTA’s coming fiscal cliff
The Active Transportation Alliance, Commuters Take Action, and Metropolitan Planning Council shared ideas.
At Bike the Drive, Mayor Johnson promises better walk/bike/transit, riders thrill to a less car-centric DLSD
Mayor promises "abundant access to safe active transportation options", residents love biking DLSD largely without motor vehicle traffic
Envision Unlimited is bringing its adaptive cycling program to Sunday’s Bike the Drive
Tricycles, tandems and duet bikes will be ridden by people with special needs, meeting at Butler Field at Monroe Street and DLSD.
Has the CTA actually been “Meeting the Moment”?
The agency says yes, but the Active Transportation Alliance and Commuters Take Action have critiques.
