Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Ashland Avenue BRT

Have No Fear, Ashland Residents, BRT Is a Good Fit for City Neighborhoods

By Kristen Maddox | Sep 19, 2013 | 43 Comments

Bus rapid transit opponents may have made the most noise at Tuesday night’s community meeting about the CTA’s plan for fast, reliable bus service on Ashland Avenue, hosted by the Chicago Grand Neighbors Association at Talcott Elementary School in Noble Square. But when you’re familiar with the details of the proposal, as well as successful […]

Why the Anti-Bus Rapid Transit Arguments Don’t Make Sense

By John Greenfield | Aug 29, 2013 | 47 Comments

I gotta hand it to the folks from the anti-bus rapid transit group the Ashland-Western Coalition, they’re nothing if not tenacious. On Wednesday they held another public meeting at Orlando Glass and Trim, 641 North Ashland Avenue, to discuss their strategy to derail the CTA’s plan to create fast, reliable bus rapid transit service on […]

Emanuel: BRT Part of the “Modernization” of Chicago Transit

By John Greenfield | Jul 31, 2013 | 4 Comments

At yesterday’s press conference touting the CTA’s claim of saving $10 million by cracking down on absenteeism, I asked the Mayor Rahm Emanuel why he’s in favor of reconfiguring Ashland Avenue to create “gold-standard” bus rapid transit. I also asked how he plans to overcome the resistance to turning two of the four car lanes […]

Survey: Most Chicagoans Support Bus Rapid Transit

By John Greenfield | Jul 26, 2013 | 46 Comments

While the anti-bus rapid transit crowd would have you believe there’s little backing for the city’s plan for fast, reliable service on Ashland Avenue, a new survey found that a majority of Chicago voters support BRT as a solution to the city’s transit needs. The new opinion data comes in addition to the 23 local […]

Alderman Pawar: “I Can’t Wait for Ashland BRT”

By John Greenfield | Jul 11, 2013 | 6 Comments

The bus rapid transit NIMBY group known as the Ashland-Western Coalition has been doing its darndest to get aldermen to sign on to its severely watered-down alternative proposal to the CTA’s plan for fast, reliable, “gold-standard” BRT on Ashland Avenue. Fortunately, response from local politicians to the coalition’s anemic “Modern Express Bus” proposition – essentially […]