CTA hopes to coax back riders with a new program to spruce up 125 stations this year
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Today the agency announced Refresh & Renew, a program to deep-clean and upgrade 90 percent of the system's rail stations.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about COVID-19
Loop Alliance April report shows a continued, alarming rise in downtown parking levels
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The report reveals increased personal car use has continued on a distressingly steep rise, even while foot traffic and office building occupancy remained on par or below March levels.
After United Center vaxx site becomes drive-through only, can you still walk to it?
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After the stadium vaccination site switches back to drive-through only on May 8, will you be able to access it on foot? It's not clear yet.
Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus
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How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?
Union Pacific finally caves, agrees to start collecting fares on Metra trains again
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Was it really safety that motivated Union Pacific to refuse to have its conductors collect fares until long after conductors on Metra-controlled lines went back to walking the trains, or rather a desire to force Metra to the bargaining table?
How will new Chicagoland stimulus transit cash be spent? We won’t know until fall
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When it comes to transit funding from the most recent federal COVID-19 stimulus package, the common sentiment from transit agencies in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana can be summed up as “wait and see.”
Trib’s Steve Chapman: Transit use is down right now, so we should never invest in it again
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In the bizarro world of the the right-leaning Chicago Tribune, the lessons of the pandemic are that we should instead be putting more focus on car-based transportation.
Sun-Times’ Laura Washington is right: We all need to start riding transit again
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If we want local public transportation to survive the COVID-19 pandemic intact, we've got to be the change we want to see.
LaSpata’s ordinance would remove references to traffic “accidents” from Municipal Code
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It's common to refer to serious crashes as "accidents," implying they're unavoidable, when it's actually possible to reduce crashes through better roadway design and public policy.
Taking an Amtrak + bike camping trip during the time of the coronavirus
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I was fairly comfortable using Amtrak for this journey, so as long as we don't see another major spike in cases, I'll probably make more such trips this year as a safer alternative to flying.
Loop Alliance details plan to bring Open Streets to State Street for first time since 2011
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The Loop Alliance hopes their program will be a shot in the arm for a downtown that is still struggling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.