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As discussed during the Active Transportation Alliance's recent Chicago Advocate Connect session, they've partnered with the University of Illinois Chicago's Institute of Disability and Human Development on Project Sidewalk. This initiative to document the conditions of local sidewalks and bikeways is offering $300 stipends to 10 participants who will virtually move through city streets using Google Streetview, and document accessibility barriers. We asked ATA for some more details about the program.

The Active Transportation Alliance's monthly Advocacy Connect zoom chat series gives Chicago and suburban residents a chance to get updates from local sustainable transportation professionals and advocates, and ask questions.

Commenters also discussed agency consolidation, bus bunching, the CTA chatbot, and fleet electrification.

(This post includes reporting by Cameron Bolton, with additional commentary by John Greenfield.)

Some local transit advocates are worried that the agency may be over-promising how much service it can deliver.

Plus the Active Transportation Alliance and Commuters Take Action weigh in on the long-delayed launch

ReVision, Pace Suburban Bus’ long-discussed post-pandemic systemwide route revamp, is starting to take shape.

Editor Ronald Roenigk argues that Granville Avenue must allow crosstown traffic because it's halfway between Devon and Peterson, which "are a mile apart." They're actually a half-mile apart.

This was at least the third time since June that a driver crashed into a Chicagoland restaurant, shutting it down.