Take a survey in advance of Fair Transit South Cook, and the county will buy you coffee
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The county is seeking input from residents about their travel needs and how the COVID-19 crisis has affected their riding habits.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity
Free advice to Biden: Do yourself a favor and don’t hire Rahm Emanuel as USDOT chief
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Announcing Emanuel as your choice would almost certainly fill the streets of Chicago with hundreds or thousands of justifiably angry protesters. You really don't want to kick off your administration that way.
Lightfoot’s budget narrowly passes, with downsides for transit riders and motorists alike
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The budget diverts $16 million in operations funding from the CTA. It also raises the city gas tax by three cents and drops the speed camera ticket threshold to 6 mph.
Study: Uber and Lyft likely aren’t being used much to address Chicago transit deserts
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Most ride-hail trips are being taken in majority-white and/or more affluent neighborhoods downtown and on the North and Northwest sides.
Rahm was good for transportation, but McDonald coverup disqualifies him for USDOT post
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Former CDOT chief Gabe Klein would be an ethical choice for the transportation slot who wouldn't alienate the Democratic party's progressive wing.
Lightfoot says her new infrastructure spending plan will focus on equity
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Lightfoot is finalizing a multi-billion dollar capital spending plan that will reportedly help aldermen stretch their $1.32 million discretionary "menu" funds and create jobs for residents.
COVID-19 isn’t a good time to start ticketing drivers for going 6 MPH over the speed limit
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While doing so might be a win for traffic safety in the short term, the strategy raises some economic and racial equity concerns, and would surely lead to renewed calls to abolish the cams.
Bird rolls out half-off e-scooter rides for low-income residents, vets, and seniors
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Bird, one of Chicago's three vendors along with Lime and Spin, announced a half-off rides program for low-income Chicagoans, veterans, and senior citizens, and other groups.
Lack of federal aid could reduce transit to 55K Chicagoland jobs, strand 210K people
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The Active Transportation Alliance is asking Chicagoland residents to contact elected officials to ask them to support the $32 billion in emergency funding for transit.
CMAP, ATA, and CDOT discuss pandemic transportation challenges, and the way forward
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Car traffic is on its way back to pre-pandemic levels, but transit ridership is still way down, and without further intervention, the agencies have to resort to drastic service cuts.
Mexican Independence Day caravan highlights immigration issues, Mexican pride
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"This is just a caravan, it’s not going to change the world, but we hope we can at least begin to change this consciousness and to understand that we need to be working together."
Adding more diverse voices would strengthen the Illinois Bike Summit
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It would be great to see more people of color, as well as cyclists with disabilities, share their experiences of biking and what they’d like to see done to make our streets safer for them.