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TransitCenter’s updated Transportation Equity Dashboard finds Chicago transit access is trailing peer cities
"[Chicago transit is] falling behind in a post-COVID world," the report's creators say.
Many sustainable transportation advocates showed up for the last meeting on the Church Street bikeway plan
An attendee credited previous Streetsblog coverage of the controversial project with helping to draw the big turnout.
Day trippers: My kid with special needs and I rode Metra to Geneva for a riverside bicycle adventure
The commuter rail system provides easy, generally ADA accessible, access to suburbs like Geneva that offer shopping, dining, and other activities within walking or rolling distance of the station.
The photo project Chicagoans Who Bike encourages more people to ride, one story at a time
Photographer and interviewer Viktor Köves talks to residents he meets all over the city about their cycling habits, with the goal of getting more folks on spokes.
CTA board officially names Green station on Damen, seats Michael Eaddy, approves day pass pilot, discusses vending machine equity
While it wasn't the most eventful CTA board meeting, it was certainly a busy one.
Response to another awful People for Bikes rating: Chicago cycling conditions aren’t *that* bad. But here’s what we need to do to make them better.
For the fifth year in a row, Chicago gets a dismal ranking. Let's worry less about whether the PFB report is accurate, and more about how to create a truly bike-friendly city.
El Tracker is a new transit tracking app that focuses on accessibility
"I could see this app being very useful for people already familiar with the CTA," Steven said.
Northern attitudes: At ATA’s Suburban Advocacy Connect event, talk of a “livid” battle over Skokie bikeway plan
Other topics discussed included federal funding for bike-walk safety projects, Ride Illinois events, an infrastructure field trip in Glenview, and Bike the Drive.
Going postal: Lakefront Trail users rejoice over Chicago Park District installing bollards at Belmont
People who walk and bike are thrilled by the new initiative to keep drivers off the shoreline path. So how about making this a citywide strategy to protect pedestrians and cyclists from drivers?
First public meeting on advanced construction work for Red Line Extension covered demolition, utility relocation plans
Contractors will start tearing down properties and moving power and communications lines this year in advance of the official project launch in late 2025.
