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An Amtrak train in Galesburg, Illinois. Part of our state's Green New Deal plan should be better funding passenger rail to make it more competitive with driving. Photo via High Speed Rail Alliance

A Green New Deal for Illinois Transportation

By Courtney Cobbs | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments

California just outlawed the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Illinois should go way further than that with a comprehensive plan to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Emails: CDOT trucker injured SAFE Ambassador on bike, but she was home the next day

By John Greenfield | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments

Correspondence obtained through a FOIA request provides a window on on the crisis management conversation that took place after one city employee injured another one.

Here are new ways to provide input on N. LSD plan, including need for bus lanes

By Jessica Papanek | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

More advocacy is needed to keep the drive from being rebuilt in a way that maintains the car-centric status quo.

Waiting for the 79th Street bus at the Red Line station. Photo: James Porter

Lack of federal aid could reduce transit to 55K Chicagoland jobs, strand 210K people

By John Greenfield | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

The Active Transportation Alliance is asking Chicagoland residents to contact elected officials to ask them to support the $32 billion in emergency funding for transit.

Inbound and outbound trains stop at Union Pacific Northwest Metra Line's Palatine station during rush hour. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Metra may revamp fare structure, introduce new passes

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments

As Metra prepares its 2021 budget amidst a 90-percent ridership drop, the commuter railroad is considering substantial changes its fare structure and service patterns.

Rendering of proposed changes to the Palmer / Pulaski intersection. Note that all renderings in this post are intended as conversation starters and have not actually been proposed by the city of Chicago. Image: Lyft / Street Plans

ATA, MPC push for funds for transit, street remixes; Ideas floated for Division, Palmer

By John Greenfield | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments

Redesigning streets to be more walk/bike/transit-friendly is key for avoiding a spike in driving as workplaces reopen.

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