Man on bike, 54, critically injured in crash with SUV driver at Bryn Mawr/Nagle intersection
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The bike rider suffered an injury to his right leg and multiple lacerations to the body and face, but he is expected to survive.
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Homeless coalition hopes CTA security plan won’t “criminalize” unhoused people on the ‘L’
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"I don't think there's really going to be a decrease in people sleeping on the trains until we have a more systemic solution in place.”
Number of unarmed guards on CTA doubling to over 200 to address crime, rule-breaking
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It will be important to monitor whether the increase in security personnel leads to more unhoused people being ejected from the system without being offered a better alternative for shelter.
Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let’s do that now.
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"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
Nice: CTA gets $118M in operations funds, opportunity to apply for electrification cash
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The operations funds will help address service gaps due to labor shortages. Plus federal grant programs were announced that the CTA can apply for to fund plans to electrify its bus fleet by 2040.
New Botanic Garden fee scheme discourages walk/bike/transit, encourages driving
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For a supposedly environmental-minded organization to do that can only be described as hypocritical and perverse.