CTA

An email mistakenly sent to alders yesterday by a member of Lightfoot's staff, and then later confirmed in a somewhat revised format, showed that my suggestion wasn't so absurd after all.

The CTA's disappearing man finally showed up to discuss unreliable transit service with alderpersons.

At a gathering of transit advocates Sunday, ordinance sponsor Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) encouraged them to email the relevant Council members.

With Vasquez's ordinance likely going nowhere, and Lightfoot unconcerned about her transit chief skipping his own Council hearings, it looks like we can expect more ghosting from Carter in the future.

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) introduced an ordinance requiring CTA officials meet with the City Council on a quarterly basis. The ordinance is an attempt to hold the CTA accountable for current unreliable transit service.

Mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green sees the recent spike in violent crime and homelessness on the CTA as a public health emergency. He shared his plan to improve safety on the system.

This post focuses on the Chicago Mobility Collective breakout session that focused on street design to improve bus service. Streetsblog may run coverage of other breakout sessions that focused on pedestrian and bike matters in the future. The meeting took place during the same time as the ghost bike installation for youth mentor Sam Bell, 44, in River West. To highlight Chicago's traffic violence epidemic, some people Zoomed in to the meeting from the memorial using a background with a white bicycle and the words "I'm currently at the ghost bike vigil for another cyclist killed on Chicago streets." Others posted a "Vision Zero Chicago 2022 Report Card" with crash fatality stats. About 140 people attended the meeting altogether. - Ed.

There was good news today as the potential shutdown of four Metra lines due to a threatened freight rail worker strike was averted. But what would have happened if it wasn't?

"If he was taking it seriously he would be here. That's a disrespect to the Council, and to the ridership, and to the workers."