Better Streets launches campaign to force LSD planners back to the drawing board
| | No Comments
"We don’t have to repeat mistakes of the past -- we have the power to design our own future," they say
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about IDOT
Here are new ways to provide input on N. LSD plan, including need for bus lanes
| | No Comments
More advocacy is needed to keep the drive from being rebuilt in a way that maintains the car-centric status quo.
LSD bus lanes are back on the table: We’ve won a battle, now let’s win the war
| | No Comments
If we're going to address the climate crisis and promote a more equitable transportation system, we need to pressure local officials to take bold action to improve transit.
Unacceptable: Leaders essentially nix bus-only lane option from North LSD Plan
| | No Comments
That doesn't mean that an efficient, equitable LSD remix is a lost cause, but rather that we're going to have to fight harder to achieve that goal.
During pandemic, protests, IL congressional reps call for equitable transportation funding
| | No Comments
It's good to see that local congressional reps understand that these unprecedented times call for a new state transportation paradigm, not just the inequitable, car-centric status quo. Let's hope IDOT gets the message.
Bus-only lanes are needed on North LSD. Here are some possible scenarios.
| | No Comments
More advocacy is needed to make sure we don't wind up with a car-centric North Lake Shore Drive redesign.
It’s no Cheap Trick: Amtrak service to Rockford and the Quad Cities is on the horizon
| | No Comments
IDOT confirmed that negotiations are underway for 2 daily roundtrips to the Quad Cities; environmental work is needed for the Rockford route.
The folly of the Jane Byrne Interchange spaghetti bowl expansion keeps getting worse
| | No Comments
The cost of the project has ballooned to a quarter-billion dollars more than the initial cost estimates, and it's almost 4.5 years behind schedule.
All the ways we can make 2020 a springboard for sustainable transportation in Chicago
| | No Comments
Here are a bunch of ways you can make a difference in the sustainable transportation landscape in Chicago,
Why Illinois is running an extra helping of Thanksgiving trains this year, but Michigan isn’t
| | No Comments
The service levels on state-supported routes depend on how much money each state department of transportation is willing to pay.
Glenview is Spending More Than Half a Million to Oppose Amtrak’s Hiawatha Expansion
| | 36 Comments
Is it an understandable move, or just absurd NIMBYism?