Deep discounts on CTA fare passes have helped fuel pandemic ridership recovery
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The agency is crediting the sale with spurring a nearly 70 percent increase in average ridership among pass users.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about COVID-19
Pace launches campaign to attract riders, restores some pre-pandemic service
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As Pace takes its first steps toward reversing some of its pandemic-related service cuts, it’s launching an ad campaign to bring riders back.
Eyes on the Street: A new slow street on Seminary Avenue in Lakeview
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Thankfully, nowadays space for social distancing is not such an urgent need. But many residents appreciated the Slow Streets, so CDOT has brought back some of them, and is piloting a couple new ones.
Carpacalypse now: CLA report shows skyrocketing parking levels, modest transit gains
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The carmaggeddon these Chicago Loop Alliance reports forecasted months ago is here.
Allowing more density would help Chicago avoid a post-COVID transit death spiral
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To secure the future of transit in Chicago, we need to update the zoning code to allow two-flats and low-rise apartments near transit in neighborhoods across the city.
The CTA touts a ridership rebound with 56% increase since start of 2021
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Since May 1, overall ridership has increased by than 20 percent, and in June, weekday average ridership was more than 600,000, over double the ridership during the darkest days of COVID-19.
That’s the ticket! Metra’s new All-Day Pass has been unexpectedly successful
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The All-Day Pass was originally only meant to last a few weeks, but it's been hugely popular. According to the railroad, about a third of all riders currently use it.
Troubling: Loop Alliance report shows short-term Loop parking is skyrocketing
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Encouraging commuters and visitors to the Loop to bike or take public transportation needs to be a top priority.
A bittersweet look back at 12 months of free Metra Union Pacific line rides
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Union Pacific's refusal to collect fares during COVID cost Metra some $1M a month, but it opened up new options for affordable – or free – transit exploration.
The Active Transportation Alliance assesses CDOT’s 2020 Slow Streets program
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ATA provides its assessment of the 2020 Slow Streets program, which made room for safe, socially-distanced walking and biking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leland Slow Street reopens, and two more routes are opening in the 5th Ward tomorrow
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Once the sun comes out, we'll surely see lots of people, including plenty of families and kids, enjoying these safer, traffic calmed streets again.