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Bus Transit

If you want a safer transit system, support better mental health services

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Armed guards aren’t the answer for reducing CTA violence, transit ambassadors are

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Bicycling

How pedestrian- and bike-friendly are various CTA stations, and why?

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Burst of creativity: Chicago Avenue electric bus turnaround in Austin gets new artwork

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Chicago Policy

CTA hopes to coax back riders with a new program to spruce up 125 stations this year

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Design

Electric slide? CTA says ‘L’ braking system isn’t to blame for wheel flats, noise

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7000-series railcars are an upgrade, but next time, the CTA needs to aim higher

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If the bus is rockin’, don’t bother knockin’: A risqué bikeway obstruction on Randolph St.

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Reopening Racine stop would be an easy way to improve Englewood transit access

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Get your electric kicks on Route 66: Test-riding one of the Chicago Avenue e-buses