Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Chicago Suburbs

The Des Plaines Metra Station and Pace bus terminal. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Pace field-tests leased e-bus, will probably cancel redundant Pace/Metra PlusBus Pass

By Igor Studenkov | May 15, 2022 | No Comments

The suburban bus system is already using a leased electric bus to do some field-testing. It also plans to eliminate the now-superfluous PlusBus Pass, which allows Metra monthly pass holders to ride Pace buses for an extra $30 a month.

Shared-lane markings recently installed on the Montrose Avenue bridge over the Kennedy Expressway. Photo: Josh Koonce

Advocates urge CMAP’s transportation committee to reject road expansion projects

By Courtney Cobbs | May 11, 2022 | No Comments

A number of advocacy organizations are urging Chicagoland regional transportation agencies to halt plans to add additional lanes to expressways and arterial streets.

Rendering of the rehabbed Homewood multimodal station.

Pace piggybacks on Georgia e-bus order, approves Homewood facility upgrade funding

By Igor Studenkov | Apr 14, 2022 | No Comments

The Pace board agreed to piggyback on Georgia’s electric bus purchasing contract with Proterra, and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Metra to fund improvements to the Homewood multimodal station.

A back door deal: Land transfer to facilitate driving to O’Hare from west is a bad investment

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

Government officials just can’t seem to think outside the automotive box and create quality sustainable transportation alternatives.

Don’t pander to drivers with gas tax holidays and giveaways. Help them drive less instead.

By John Greenfield | Mar 25, 2022 | No Comments

Let's see politicians take bold actions to make walking, transit, and biking practical and attractive alternatives to paying more at the pump, instead of the current "Gas-bagging."

Here's where you can expect horrible traffic congestion and lots of noxious exhaust emissions on Thursday morning in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Image: John Greenfield via Google Maps

Mapped: Here’s where Willie Wilson will be creating traffic jams and smog on Thursday

By John Greenfield | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

It's good that free stuff is being concentrated in communities that have the most economic need but the negative impacts of congestion, pollution, and increased policing will also be concentrated in those communities.

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