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That misleading Crain’s op-ed by Uber proxies against the fair ride-hail tax plan, annotated

By John Greenfield | Nov 11, 2019 | No Comments

Claiming that all Uber and Lyft passengers would see a 300% tax increase was just one of the many false or misleading statements in the piece.

How Lori’s Uber and Lyft tax plan will help lower-income and working-class Chicagoans

By John Greenfield | Nov 10, 2019 | No Comments

The ride-hail companies are trying to convince Chicagoans that the new fee structure would hurt poor people, but actually the opposite is true.

A vision beyond Uber: We don’t need to plan our transportation system around cars

By Lynda Lopez | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

There is power in movement and we aren’t reaching our full potential when we keep shaping our world around cars.

No, Lori’s plan to make private ride-hail trips more expensive isn’t regressive

By John Greenfield | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

Ride-hailing slows down buses and cannibalizes CTA ridership. Reducing private trips while making shared trips cheaper will benefit South and West side residents, who mostly use shared trips.

Lightfoot greeting CTA customers at the 95th Street CTA station during the mayoral campaign. Photo via Active Trans.

Lori doubles down on her resistance to frequent, affordable South Side Metra

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

It's time for the mayor to set aside petty territorial concerns, and get the Metra deal done.

Walking in Englewood. Photo: John Greenfield

Police stop stats are more evidence that Black residents have less mobility freedom

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

Following a 2015 agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU, the number of investigatory stops have plummeted, but 72 percent of cases still involved African American subjects.

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