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An all-affordable transit-oriented development is currently being completed next to the Logan Square Blue Line station. Photo: Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

The new Chicago Blueprint for Fair Housing aims to reduce residential segregation

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

The city calls the document a plan to address the city’s housing segregation, disparities in access to opportunity, and history of inequitable investment.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 13

By John Greenfield | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

City deploys barricades, trucks in preparation for potential unrest over police shootings (Block Club) Block-by-block analysis of where North Michigan stands after impact of pandemic, unrest (Tribune) CDOT seeking station location input for West and Southwest side Divvy expansion (Block Club) Bus driver fatally struck Agata Gorz, 42, in Palos Heights (Sun-Times) After driver strikes […]

You can ask lawmakers to eliminate 20% local match requirement for walk/bike infra

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

File a witness slip online by Tuesday afternoon to make your voice heard.

Trib’s Steve Chapman: Transit use is down right now, so we should never invest in it again

By John Greenfield | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

In the bizarro world of the the right-leaning Chicago Tribune, the lessons of the pandemic are that we should instead be putting more focus on car-based transportation.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 12

By John Greenfield | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Anti-transit lobbying group decries One Central transit hub plan as a wasteful boondoggle (Tribune) Metra adding more trains as people start returning to office, but roll toward normalcy is slow (CBS) Woman killed after wrong-way pickup driver crashes into her vehicle near Oak Park (Tribune) 7 injured, including 2 children, in multicar crash in Englewood […]

The moment before the police first shot Ariel Roman before trying to detain him for crossing between cars. Image: Michael McDunnah

Firing of cops who shot Ariel Roman on CTA would be a step in the right direction

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Ariel Roman case starkly shows that police enforcement of minor rule-breaking is the wrong approach.

An accessible pedestrian signal at Roscoe and Inner Lake Shore Drive. Photo: John Greenfield

DOJ lights a fire under Chicago officials to speed up accessible pedestrian signal installation

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

On Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in a private disability discrimination suit against the city.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 9

By John Greenfield | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

Oak Park police officer, suspect shot and seriously injured during traffic stop (CBS) 2 hurt after driver car hits ambulance crash at Kimball and Addison (WGN) Toddler critically injured in LSD road rage shooting shows signs of recovery, suspect charged (NBC) Two officers in involved in Red Line shooting of Ariel Roman now face firing […]

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Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

By Kea Wilson | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54-year history, the National Transportation Safety Board has prioritized ending traffic violence — specifically centered on protecting vulnerable road users.

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Here are some good resources for getting started living car-free in Chicago

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

These websites, videos, apps, and maps will make it easier for newbies to get around the region on transit and bike.