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The Active Transportation Alliance is helping Illinois communities win ITEP grants for walk/bike projects

ATA is collaborating with the Illinois Public Health Institute and the Illinois Department of Transportation on webinar info sessions.

August 23, 2024

Is your most convenient Divvy docking station full? It just got less annoying for members to park an e-bike or e-scooter.

As the system celebrates its 1,000th station, they've gotten rid of the $1.20 out-of-station parking charge for members locking up within 40 meters of a full docking station.

August 19, 2024

SUMC’s Bike Chicago Evaluation Report highlights benefits of CDOT bicycle giveaway, need for safer streets

"With more people in the street, we'll create more advocates for better infrastructure," noted Equiticity's Jose Manuel Almanza.

August 14, 2024

Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout

The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.

August 9, 2024

Furious about IDOT’s car-centric North DLSD plan? Take action at Thursday’s open house and Save Our Streets Rally

Let decision-makers know it would be a huge mistake to rebuild the eight-lane shoreline highway without transit lanes during a global warming crisis.

August 7, 2024

Reopened Grayland Metra viaduct, near locations where drivers killed 2 cyclists, now has curb-protected bike lanes

And a few blocks away, CDOT is installing a Neighborhood Greenway on Long Avenue, where drivers recently injured and killed teens on bikes.

August 1, 2024

SW Collective and Active Trans study ways to save lives on Pulaski, one of Chicago’s deadliest streets

Since June 2023 there have been at least five pedestrian and bike fatality crashes on Pulaski, plus other deadly collisions. How can we make the road safer?

July 30, 2024

TransitCenter’s updated Transportation Equity Dashboard finds Chicago transit access is trailing peer cities

"[Chicago transit is] falling behind in a post-COVID world," the report's creators say.

July 1, 2024

Northern attitudes: At ATA’s Suburban Advocacy Connect event, talk of a “livid” battle over Skokie bikeway plan

Other topics discussed included federal funding for bike-walk safety projects, Ride Illinois events, an infrastructure field trip in Glenview, and Bike the Drive.