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Mike Payne: Let’s Improve Rail Access to the Obama Center Instead of Widening Roads

By John Greenfield | Jan 17, 2018 | 18 Comments

The longtime Gray Line advocate spoke before the CTA board last week to propose rapid transit service on the Metra Electric line as an alternative to more asphalt.

A Jump Mobility dockless cycle on the Lakefront Trail last week. Photo: John Greenfield

Cyclists Voice Their Hopes, Concerns, and Questions About Dockless Bike-Share

By John Greenfield | Dec 19, 2017 | 14 Comments

City officials asked Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting attendees what questions they'd like posed to potential DoBi vendors.

Marisa Novara, Geoff Smith, Juan Carlos Linares, Krysta Pates, Tyrrone Soudemire. Photo: John Greenfield

How Can We Keep Neighborhood Investments From Causing Displacement?

By John Greenfield | Dec 12, 2017 | 26 Comments

Leaders discussed this challenge at "A Catalytic Moment" TOD Symposium

North LSD Survey Says: People Want More Buses, Fewer Cars

By Jessica Papanek | Dec 7, 2017 | 14 Comments

The solution is clear: build more bus lanes. But IDOT doesn't seem to have fully gotten the memo yet.

Albany Park residents call on Albany Bank to rethink its relationship with Silver Properties Group. Photo: Lynda Lopez

Latino Residents Are Being Displaced From Transit-Friendly Buildings in Albany Park

By Lynda Lopez | Dec 4, 2017 | 52 Comments

On Saturday morning, a large crowd of Albany Park residents and tenants gathered in front of the CTA Brown Line’s Kimball Station. The Autonomous Tenants Union and Sunnyside Manor Tenants Union, with the support of 33rd Ward Working Families, were there to deliver a letter to Albany Bank and Trust Company in the hopes of […]

Residents from Bronzeville and Chinatown/Armour Square hold a press conference outside CTA headquarters. Photo: CBCAC

Dozens of Seniors Ask CTA to Expand Wentworth, 31st Bus Routes’ Schedules

By John Greenfield | Nov 21, 2017 | 1 Comment

Currently the routes, which older residents say are important for their mobility, only run on weekdays.

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