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One Howard Street project kicks off Saturday. Here’s how to improve the corridor.
The goals of the project are somewhat undefined, but that's not necessarily a bad thing this early in the process.
April 20, 2023
Disability rights advocates applaud CTA’s expansion of tactile bus sign pilot
Since launching the program in August 2022 on the #22 Madison Street Route, the agency has installed 1,300 tactile signs at stops along 12 of the city’s bus lines.
April 18, 2023
What if we applied the Transit Ambassadors model to create safe, orderly public spaces?
This could be a cost-effective way to promote public safety, help at-risk individuals, create jobs, and improve downtown's reputation as a safe, fun place to spend time.
April 18, 2023
Man, 59, fatally struck by driver at 89th/Cottage is third Chatham ped fatality this year
The man was the 13th person walking to be struck and killed on Chicago streets this year.
April 17, 2023
Commuters Take Action uses the CTA’s Blue Line livestream to protest spotty service
Unfortunately, the CTA won't be able to run significantly more trains systemwide until staffing is closer to full strength again, and that means improving conditions for workers.
April 17, 2023
CTA leaders approve Western Brown rehab, RPM art contracts, complain system gets a bum rap
Of course the most effective way for the CTA to change public perceptions that the system is unreliable, unsafe, and unsanitary is to significantly improve reliability, safety, and sanitation.
April 16, 2023
Chicago Loop Alliance report shows rising pedestrian activity downtown, and more driving
It's critical that public transportation, alongside business, culture, and tourism, makes a full comeback. Rising emissions, increasing traffic violence and car-choked streets are not recovery.
April 14, 2023
CDOT quietly relocated 16 ineffective speed cameras. What impact will that have on safety?
The Chicago Department of Transportation, which oversees the program, said this was done in response to last year's UIC study of our city's speed cameras.
April 13, 2023
Federal judge ruled that Chicago’s failure to install APS is discrimination against the blind
It's been a long and bumpy road, but it looks like Chicago is finally on its way to becoming an easier city for visually-impaired residents to navigate.
April 13, 2023
CTA boasts of better reliability, offers new deets on hiring, CTA Action says more is needed
While the CTA continues to make increment progress in reliability and staffing, Commuters Take Action says it's not nearly enough to get the system where it needs to go.
April 12, 2023
