Let’s stop coddling drivers and prioritize building a citywide protected bike lane network
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Getting around Chicago on bike should be as safe, convenient, and intuitive as navigating the city by car.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity
The death of Angie Monroy was a reminder that gun violence is a mobility justice issue
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As transit and mobility advocates, we need to talk more openly about violence on our streets and how it intersects with our work.
Advocates laud Lightfoot’s pick of Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi as transportation chief
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Biagi comes to CDOT from Jeanne Gang's renowned design firm Studio Gang.
Preckwinkle at Active Trans meeting: The South Side Metra plan would promote racial equity
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The Cook County board president discussed why the proposal is an example of an equitable initiative that focuses resources on communities that need them the most.
Here are the best things about Active Trans’ “Fair Fares” recommendations
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Streetsblog's Courtney Cobbs discusses the strategies from the transit equity study that she feels can make the most impact.
What does Chicago need to do to achieve transportation equity?
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Streetsblog writer Courtney Cobbs discussed the topic at an event hosted by the Chicago Style Committee of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.
Active Trans’ new “Fair Fares” report offers a blueprint for transit equity
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Providing lower-income people better access to transit and mobility will contribute to better outcomes for employment, education, health, and public safety, which will safe money for society in the long run.
No, Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington, Lori shouldn’t play nice with Uber
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In her second column promoting Uber's bogus message that Chicago's proposed ride-hail tax would hurt poor people, Washington says the mayor should compromise with Uber. Here's why that's wrong.
How Lori’s Uber and Lyft tax plan will help lower-income and working-class Chicagoans
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The ride-hail companies are trying to convince Chicagoans that the new fee structure would hurt poor people, but actually the opposite is true.
No, Lori’s plan to make private ride-hail trips more expensive isn’t regressive
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Ride-hailing slows down buses and cannibalizes CTA ridership. Reducing private trips while making shared trips cheaper will benefit South and West side residents, who mostly use shared trips.
Inclusive transportation planning requires uplifting the voices of the marginalized
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Pursuing mobility justice requires relationship-building, political education, and centering those most marginalized in planning.