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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.
July 1, 2024
At “Emerging From Crisis Wiser” panel, advocates called for less downtown-centric transit
Transit advocates urge the RTA and service boards invest more resources in reverse commuting; improve stakeholder participation; and move away from hub-and-spoke-centric thinking.
November 15, 2021
Lack of federal aid could reduce transit to 55K Chicagoland jobs, strand 210K people
The Active Transportation Alliance is asking Chicagoland residents to contact elected officials to ask them to support the $32 billion in emergency funding for transit.
September 29, 2020
What TransitCenter’s New “Who’s on Board” Study Means for Chicago
Chicago and New York were the only cities studied where Uber and Lyft had a greater impact on transit ridership than increased private car use.
February 18, 2019
Almost 2,000 CTA Bus Riders Have Provided Input on How to Improve Service
Active Trans has hit the ground running by getting input from almost 2,000 local straphangers about their biggest beefs with current CTA bus operations, and the group will be using this feedback to push for positive change.
April 19, 2017
No, Uber’s Not Going to Replace Buses, But It Can Complement Them
Not a day goes by without a raft of stories about "new mobility" providers -- ride-hailing companies like Uber or car-share services like Car2Go that have tapped into recent technological advances to provide new ways to get around.
September 9, 2016