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Chicago should avoid future school bussing crises by making CTA free for kids

By John Greenfield | Aug 31, 2021 | No Comments

By encouraging families to send their children to school by transit rather than driving them there, we'd also get a safer, healthier, and more efficient city.

View of the underbridge path from the Irving Park Road vehicular bridge. Photo: CDOT

Huzzah! Opening of new underbridge completes 1.5-mile, car-free 312 RiverRun route

By John Greenfield | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

The long-awaited bike-pedestrian underbridge along the Chicago River below Irving Park Road opened today.

The California Pink Line Stop is a key site for Elevated Chicago’s Equitable Transit Oriented Development efforts.

Bringing TOD to South, West sides will require more resources, less red tape

By Richard Day | Aug 26, 2021 | No Comments

While our city's TOD ordinance has spurred more transit-friendly development in wealthy and gentrifying neighborhoods, it has done relatively little to encourage investment in parts of the city that need it the most.

Illustration: Rachel Duggan, Chicago Reader

Tribune: Many people were fined for 6+ MPH speeding, so that means the rule is unfair

By John Greenfield | Aug 26, 2021 | No Comments

The Tribune argues that speed camera tickets are an unjust imposition on drivers, and downplays the safety benefits of the cams, and the societal harm caused by traffic violence.

The new Washington-Wabash 'L' station opened in 2017. The Senate infrastructure bill funds new transit projects like this, but includes no money for day-to-day operations. Photo: John Greenfield

Chicago transportation advocates weigh in on car-centric federal infrastructure bill

By Courtney Cobbs | Aug 16, 2021 | No Comments

The increased investment in walking, biking, and transit is great, but these investments are at risk of being outweighed by an increase in roadway expansion.

Waiting for a Pink Line train in the North Lawndale community on the West Side. Photo: John Greenfield

A closer look at CDOT’s plan to close Chicago’s transportation equity gap

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 3, 2021 | No Comments

CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.

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