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It’s getting real: Lightfoot introduces the RLE transit TIF to the City Council
Not only have Far South Siders been asking for this project for over half a century, it would also have major racial equity benefits for a long-neglected part of town.
November 16, 2022
UIC’s Urban Transportation Center starts its fall series with a seminar on transit inequity
Speakers included Ellen Partridge from the Shared-Use Mobility Center, Audrey Wenninkfrom the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Rochelle Jacksonfrom the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council.
September 19, 2022
Should we fund the $3.6B Red Line Extension with TIF money from other parts of town?
Detractors say its unfair to make residents of wealthier areas pay for a project that won't directly serve their neighborhoods. Proponents say the initiative will help all Chicagoans and advance equity.
August 16, 2022
El nuevo precio de Divvy no es asequible para muchos residentes y, por eso no es equitativo
De manera perversa, el plan de alcance comunitario de CDOT y Lyft sobre el nuevo sistema de precios fue planeado después de que a los miembros ya se les estaban cobrando las nuevas tarifas de bicicletas eléctricas.
July 22, 2022
Traffic safety advocates helped defeat ordinance to allow deadly speeds near parks and schools
Now that Beale's ordinance has been defeated, there's more work to be done to make Chicago's speed camera program, and traffic safety strategies in general, more equitable and effective.
July 20, 2022
Public comment: Why alders should vote no on the ordinance to allow 9 mph speeding
Here are John's prepared remarks for the public comment period of today's City Council meeting in advance of the vote on Ald. Anthony Beale's (9th) ordinance to raise the speed camera ticketing threshold.
July 20, 2022
Road widths aren’t to blame for Chicago’s racial disparities in speed cam ticketing
While ProPublica recently wrote that "wider streets with more lanes that lend themselves to speeding... seem to contribute to the [racial/ethnic] disparities in ticketing," the data doesn't support that theory.
July 12, 2022
Equity-focused Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting takes place at inequitable time of day
The transportation department could take one very simple action to help more broaden the demographics of who has a say in Chicago mobility projects, but for some reason it has resisted doing so.
June 30, 2022
Divvy’s new pricing is unaffordable to many residents, and therefore inequitable
Perversely, CDOT's and Lyft's community outreach plan was to explain to the public how the new pricing system works after members were already being charged the new e-bike fees.
June 14, 2022
Divvy launches scooters and new pricing, but some members aren’t happy with the latter
It would be much better if the city and Divvy come up with a pricing structure that encourages ridership, rather than suppressing it.
May 11, 2022
