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CTA budget calls for reducing pass prices, faster, more eco-friendly bus service

By Igor Studenkov | Oct 27, 2021 | No Comments

The CTA‘s 2022 budget calls for the system's biggest fare chance since 2013, slashing all pass prices and getting riding of the 25-cent charge for the first transfer.

A worker bolts down a bollard on Clark Street. Photo: John Greenfield

Long-awaited post installation will hopefully bring order to the chaos on Clark Street

By John Greenfield | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

Assuming the bike lanes start functioning as intended, and more people start cycling in them, bringing additional potential customers to the corridor, that should help reassure some of the merchants.

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Why Your City’s ‘Vision Zero’ Plan Needs ‘Direct Vision’

By Kea Wilson | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

The drivers of the biggest vehicles on U.S. roads can’t even see many of the people in their path — and cities could be doing more right now to stop blind-spot deaths, a recent panel of experts argued.

The crowded South Shore Line platform on my trip home from the Indiana Dunes Sunday afternoon. Ridership seems to be picking up. Photo: John Greenfield

Why the South Shore Line is offering free eastbound rides all day, every weekday

By John Greenfield | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

"In order to get back to the revenue that we need to generate in the long term, we need to incentivize people to get back on the trains."

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 25

By John Greenfield | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

CTA was ready to attach Brown Line to new Belmont Flyover this weekend (Block Club) Driver fatally struck Giovanni Leon, 7, in Chicago Heights (NBC) 3 injured after Belmont Cragin carjacking, pursuit ends in 8-car crash (ABC) Video captures moments after shooting, crash on Chicago’s West Side, injuring 2 (ABC) Off-duty CPD officer injured when […]

The intersection of Dee, Oakton, and Busse. IDOT says this complex intersection, located just north of Metra tracks, can't handle a road diet. Image: Google Maps

IDOT explains why it’s being fussy about the Busse Highway bike lane plan

By John Greenfield | Oct 24, 2021 | No Comments

Compromising with a short stretch of sharrows in order to allow for a road diet with bike lanes on the rest of the project area would be far safer than the status quo, for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike.

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U.S. Cities Have More Car-Free Households Than You Think

By Kea Wilson | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives, new research suggests.

What would you do if you were in this Divvy worker's shoes? Photo: Kyle Lucas, Better Streets Chicago

What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?

By John Greenfield | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 22

By John Greenfield | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

CTA 2022 budget calls for maintaining service levels, no fare hikes, cutting pass costs (Tribune) Encuentro Square, 100-unit affordable housing project near Bloomingdale Trail, coming in 2022 (Block Club) Police release description of car whose driver critically injured pedestrian in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times) Cop faces firing for allegedly detaining CTA employee who accused fellow officer […]