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CTA says surveys reveal customer satisfaction has gone up. What do transit advocates make of that finding?
The Active Transportation Alliance and the grassroots transit advocacy group Commuters Take Action talked about their impressions of the survey results.
February 1, 2024
Access Pilot Program kicks off tomorrow, expanding Metra’s reduced fares to include low-income riders who aren’t elderly or disabled
The initiative starts will run through July 31, 2025, thanks to the combined efforts of the Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, and Cook County.
January 31, 2024
What does Metra’s permanent “bikes on all trains” policy, starting Thursday, mean for you?
The commuter railroad will also add more space for bicycle parking by installing bike racks on 50 train cars, for starters.
January 30, 2024
“We’re all equally in danger”: Ride Illinois launches statewide bike fatality awareness campaign
The statewide bicycle advocacy organization recently announced its “Our Response to Fatal Crashes” campaign, an effort to raise awareness of the traffic violence crisis across Illinois.
January 30, 2024
Out Our Front Door’s Bike Camping for Everyone! program empowers people with special needs
The Chicagoland bike touring nonprofit has expanded its mission to include camping trips that are accessible to people with disabilities.
January 29, 2024
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed Hoyle David Marshall III, 35, as he crossed 95th in Washington Heights
Hoyle's case is the second media-reported pedestrian or bicycle fatality on Chicago streets in 2024.
January 28, 2024
Streetsblog gets a sneak peek at Pace’s west suburban Pulse Cermak Arterial Bus Rapid Transit corridor
Pace Suburban Bus is working with a group of western suburbs along or near Cermak Road to refine the details, and we got a look at those plans.
January 26, 2024
Neighbors applaud plans for bike-ped upgrades at open house for plaza and streetscape upgrades near Western Brown Line stop
"It will make it safer for the kids to walk and bike to school or for recreation," said an attendee. "So, it’s really for them. For the future."
January 25, 2024
No dice! Transportation advocates push back against plans for widening Chicago Avenue at future Bally’s Casino site
ATA and other advocates criticized plans to improve bus and bike access as half-measures, while saying a wider Chicago Avenue bridge would induce driving without helping sustainable modes.
January 24, 2024
Pace debuts its first-ever fully electric bus
Pace Suburban Bus' very first fully electric bus debuted on its South Side / Southwest suburban Route 381 last Friday.
January 24, 2024
