Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity

Rendering of an affordable TOD by 43rd Street Green Line stop, slated for construction next summer.

Chicago housing department says it will prioritize racial equity in affordable housing resources

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 16, 2021 | No Comments

The racial equity impact assessment will help ensure that developments supported by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits are equitably allocated to address the needs of BIPOC communities.

Litter on the Red Line last month. Photo: John Greenfield

Yes, CTA needs to improve, but let’s avoid homeless-blaming and overpolicing

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

there are better ways to improve safety and rider experience on the CTA to help avoid a dangerous post-COVID spike in driving

Proposed cross-sections of local streets. Image: DPD

Michael Reese development would include active transportation improvements

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 19, 2021 | No Comments

Redevelopment plans for the former Michael Reese hospital site will bring mixed-use development and infrastructure changes.

The bust of DuSable at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT voiced support for honoring DuSable, but officials privately oppose renaming LSD

By John Greenfield | Feb 9, 2021 | No Comments

While transportation chief Gia Biagi publicly said renaming the drive would be challenging but doable, emails reveal that the department is actually opposed to the change.

The construction of Chicago's Eisenhower Expressway destroyed vibrant West Side communities. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-led approach to planning

By Sharon Hoyer | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.

Residents call for grocery store, environmental upgrades near future 130th Street ‘L’ station

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 29, 2021 | No Comments

Residents see the new station as an opportunity to address longtime disinvestment and create job opportunities.

Chicago's 95th/Dan Ryan terminal is in a Critical Service Area. Photo: John Greenfield

RTA plans to focus federal COVID stimulus funding to transit-dependent areas

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 25, 2021 | No Comments

The Regional Transportation Authority is planning to use federal stimulus funding to support transit services to "to the places and people across the region who most need transit" during the pandemic.

A speed camera location on Foster Avenue near Gompers Park. Photo: Steven Vance

City is now issuing warnings for 6 mph speed cam violations, $35 tickets after March 1

By John Greenfield | Jan 21, 2021 | No Comments

We'll have a chance to see whether the change in ticketing protocols helps reduce the serious crash rate, and also whether it has any negative equity impacts.

A women-only car in New Dehli, India. Photo: Jordan Worthington

Readers: Women-only transit would be awesome / impractical / sexist / transphobic

By Olivia Grenzebach and John Greenfield | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments

One thing's for sure: If such a program is going to be implemented in Chicago, it needs to be explicitly inclusive of all women, including trans women, and nonbinary people.

Boarding platform for women-only train cars in Mexico City. Photo: Olivia Grenzebach

Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes

By Olivia Grenzebach | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.

Catching a #146 bus on State Street. Photo: John Greenfield

Will CDOT’s new strategic plan be a turning point for equitable transportation?

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments

Hopefully CDOT’s strategic plan will produce more than just another report that sits on a shelf without leading to substantive change.

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