bus lanes

Lightfoot's positions on bike/walk funding, the North LASD rehab, reduced CTA fares, and bus lane enforcement are arguably more progressive, but neither candidate is terrible on transportation.

By expanding the areas that are eligible for TOD to include zones around busy bus corridors, the city could help spur investment in low-income neighborhoods.

Jeff Wegerson envisions a clever scheme by the CTA to speed up Chicago buses.

Service on the Broadway Metro Express is now three times an hour instead of the two times per hour of the two routes it replaces.

Even if a big bus in the suburb looks empty some of the time, it's still the most efficient choice, Jarrett Walker said at a conference.

The solution is clear: build more bus lanes. But IDOT doesn't seem to have fully gotten the memo yet.

The Active Transportation Alliance proposed infrastructure upgrades for six specific routes across Chicago.

This isn't a wish list. These are five standard features of most bus networks in Europe.

The Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit project will launch without key features that distinguish BRT from conventional bus service. The busways, which the Chicago Department of Transportation will begin building later this year, will include most of BRT's concrete features, like high-level bus-boarding platforms and dedicated lanes. These features will undoubtedly speed up six Chicago Transit Authority bus routes as they traverse the Loop.