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Lightfoot’s “Chicago Moves” would give gas or transit cash to eligible Chicagoans this spring and summer
The disparity between how much Lightfoot is proposing to spend to subsidize driving over transit is perplexing.
April 1, 2022
Upgrades to These Six Bus Routes Would Improve Transit Citywide
The Active Transportation Alliance proposed infrastructure upgrades for six specific routes across Chicago.
November 17, 2017
CTA Bus Ridership Bouncing Back; Faster Service Would Spur Greater Gains
In its proposed budget for 2015, the Chicago Transit Authority didn't take much of a leap of faith when forecasting continued growth in the record crowds boarding its trains. However, CTA also optimistically forecasts that a multi-year slide in bus ridership, which accounts for 57.6 percent of the system's total ridership, will end -- and that instead bus ridership will "stabilize" with a 0.4 percent rebound.
November 6, 2014
Central Loop BRT Will Skimp On Key “Rapid” Features
The Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit project will launch without key features that distinguish BRT from conventional bus service. The busways, which the Chicago Department of Transportation will begin building later this year, will include most of BRT's concrete features, like high-level bus-boarding platforms and dedicated lanes. These features will undoubtedly speed up six Chicago Transit Authority bus routes as they traverse the Loop.
July 23, 2014