Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Beyond Chicagoland

Buckner moves to block $6.5B in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

So far Wisconsin-based Landmark Development has failed to make a case that the project would have enough public benefits to justify the massive subsidy.

Clockwise from upper left: Dr. Beverly Scott, Bakari Height, Danny Pearlstein, and Jenna Fortunati.

Transportation for America Panel: Bold vision is needed to achieve transit funding parity

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 26, 2021 | No Comments

Panelists also agreed that connecting representatives with the real-life stories of their constituents is the most powerful way to build support for funding transit.

ATA, 22 local other orgs ask Congressional reps to push for $60B annually for transit

By John Greenfield | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

Many other national and local organizations will be lobbying Congressional delegations across the country, as part of the National Campaign for Transit Justice.

Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?

Chicago-bound South Shore Line station in Beverly Shores, one of the sections where South Shore Line would put in a second track as part of the double-tracking project.

How will new Chicagoland stimulus transit cash be spent? We won’t know until fall

By Igor Studenkov | Apr 16, 2021 | No Comments

When it comes to transit funding from the most recent federal COVID-19 stimulus package, the common sentiment from transit agencies in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana can be summed up as “wait and see.”

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.

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