ATA launches petition to counter Lightfoot’s opposition to South Side Metra plan
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Sign the petition to help convince the mayor to stop stonewalling the proposal by her former mayoral rival Toni Preckwinkle.
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Once again Chicago leads the way, passing a tax to help get Uber and Lyft under control
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Meanwhile a new Reuters report shows that although Uber claimed it opposed the tax for equity reasons, it quietly raised price on UberPool in Chicago this year, which is disproportionately used by lower-income residents.
What do transportation advocates of color think of Lightfoot’s ride-hail tax plan?
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CNT's Jacky Grimshaw, Oboi Reed from Equiticity, Julio Rodriguez from the Northwest Side Housing Center, and Leslé Honoré from K.L.E.O. weigh in on the mayor's plan.
Get on the bus: Discussing the fair ride-hail tax with Mayor Lightfoot on the ride to work
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During a morning commute on the #20 Madison, the mayor talked about how the new ride-hail fee structure will fight congestion and improve transit service.
The 35 ministers helping Uber fight the ride-hail tax also helped it fight the Divvy deal
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This week Mayor Lightfoot accused Uber of "paying off Black ministers" to help it kill the ride-hail tax plan. It's not clear wha, if any, financial relationship there is between the company and the clergy members.
Deconstructing Uber’s vaporware counterproposal to Lori’s fair ride-hail tax
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Uber's plan would lower the tax on almost all trips, especially traffic-clogging solo Loop commutes, so it would be far less effective for fighting congestion and highly unlikely to raise the $10 million extra they claim.
Lori doubles down on her resistance to frequent, affordable South Side Metra
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It's time for the mayor to set aside petty territorial concerns, and get the Metra deal done.
Mayor Lightfoot wants to jack up the price of ride-hailing trips, and that’s a very good thing
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Some of the revenue will be used to help fund transit, including an initiative to speed up neighborhood bus service.
It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today
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Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.
City sticker amnesty program is first step to reforming Chicago’s regressive ticketing system
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Even sustainable transportation advocates should acknowledge that reforming Chicago's motorist ticketing system, which disproportionately impacts Black and Brown residents, is a good thing.
Frequent and affordable Metra service would improve quality of life on the South Side
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Fighting between transit agencies will continue to hurt Black and low-income South Siders the most.