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Photo opp at an info table on the Red Line extension at a South Side community festival last summer. Photo: CTA

How can we create “transit-supportive housing” near new Red Line extension stations?

By James Porter | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments

This week the transit agency hosted two online meetings to get feedback on proposed strategies and concepts for "transit-supportive development" near each of the four proposed Red Line extension station areas.

CTA rendering of bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue.

No, concerns about equity didn’t kill the Ashland BRT plan. A car-centric backlash did.

By John Greenfield | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

It's not that city officials need to pick a more equitable street for bus rapid transit next time. They just need to show some backbone.

One of the new bike lanes on Logan Boulevard next to the ghost bike memorial for Kevin Clark. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

At annual meeting, ATA prioritizes safe streets, transit access, and lowering emissions

By Sharon Hoyer | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

Hopefully the funding wins from the past year prepare the ground for big material changes in the years ahead.

Seating units on the Chicago Riverwalk, photographed soon after the riverwalk opened in summer 2015. The riverwalk is is somewhat "sticky" public space, in that it invites lingering. Photo: John Greenfield

Public space in Chicago could go from good to great with more high-quality seating

By Courtney Cobbs | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

More public seating could make the city of Chicago more hospitable, more accessible, and more lively.

The Pedway, the Loop’s handy walkway system, is about to become easier to navigate

By John Greenfield | Nov 24, 2021 | No Comments

The city of Chicago recently announced it's upgrading the signs within the network, the first step in a more ambitious plan to upgrade wayfinding.

Aerial view of the Belmont Flyover. Photo: Flickr user Jacob G.

It happened! The Belmont Flyover finally debuted early Friday morning

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

The CTA says it's the first new, permanent track line to go into service since the Orange Line debuted in 1993.

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