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Eyes on the Street: Ogle the Wilson Station’s Translucent Canopy from the Sky
What you're seeing isn't a typical "Eyes on the Street" because we got our "eyes" up in the air with the new Streetsblog Chicago Traffic Chopper (actually a drone camera) to check in on the reconstruction of the CTA's Wilson 'L' station in Uptown. The project, which began in 2014, will make the train stop fully accessible to people with disabilities, add a new entrance on Sunnyside, and enable transfers between Red and Purple lines for the first time.
June 15, 2017
Willie Brown, Charles Marohn Headlined the Transport Chicago Conference
The Transport Chicago Conference is an annual event held in Chicago for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to meet and exchange ideas and best practices based on trends around the world.
June 13, 2017
Chicago’s ‘L’ Train Turned 125 Years Old Yesterday — What’s Next for the System?
The Chicago Transit Authority celebrated the 125th anniversary of the 'L' yesterday by bringing out rapid transit cars built in 1923 and in 1976. The Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company commenced "Alley L" service on June 6, 1892, in an alley east of State Street between Congress Parkway and 39th Street, according to the CTA. The CTA also highlighted its own 70 years of service. The authority was created in 1947 to unify the different bus, streetcar, and elevated companies.
June 7, 2017
Ride Transit on “Dump the Pump Day,” Get Free Java
On Thursday, June 15, you’ll be able to snag a free cup of coffee when you ditch traffic by riding the ‘L’, Metra, or Pace.
June 6, 2017
The Chicago Sun-Times Hops on the Anti-Cam Bandwagon
After the Chicago Tribune’s star anti-traffic camera reporter David Kidwell left the paper last month somebody had to take up the slack, right?
May 23, 2017
Check Out Steven’s Trippy Aerial Footage of Tracks and Neighborhoods West of The 606
Here’s some mind-bending drone footage of Metra trains passing by the west end of the Bloomingdale Trail, aka The 606.
May 18, 2017
