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The Chicago skyline and south Red Line tracks as seen from Englewood. Photo: John Greenfield

UIC’s Urban Transportation Center starts its fall series with a seminar on transit inequity

By Olivia Grenzebach | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

Speakers included Ellen Partridge from the Shared-Use Mobility Center, Audrey Wenninkfrom the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Rochelle Jacksonfrom the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council.

Riding adaptive bikes on a trail. Image via Divvy

CDOT and Divvy will hold adaptive cycling sessions to make bike-share more inclusive

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 8, 2022 | No Comments

CDOT, Divvy, and Adaptive Adventures are holding free adaptive cycling sessions where people with disabilities can ride adaptive bikes.

A giant check representing the $200,000 grant from Pace to Lake County create a county-wide Dail-A-Ride system. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Pace, Lake County launch county-wide Dial-a-Ride service

By Igor Studenkov | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

Ride Lake County, a county-wide dial dial-a-ride bus service for seniors and people with disabilities, got off to a modest start after it debuted in May.

Bus lanes at the Halsted bridge over I-57 at 98th Street, which are still in the plan.

Unfortunately, most bus lanes have been removed from Pace South Halsted Pulse plan

By Igor Studenkov | May 26, 2022 | No Comments

While it's unfortunate that the Pulse Halsted plan no longer includes significant stretches of bus lanes, hopefully the other time-saving features will help shorten trips for South Side and Southland commuters.

A Pace bus approaches the Harvey Transportation Center, as seen from the Harvey Metra Electric station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Report: Fair Transit South Cook pilot helped ridership recover from pandemic lows

By Igor Studenkov | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Cook County’s review of the first full year of the Fair Transit South Cook confirmed some of what Streetsblog Chicago’s earlier dive into Metra ridership numbers suggested.

Long lines of cars, slowed buses, wasted city resources at Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway

By John Greenfield | Mar 24, 2022 | No Comments

Hopefully in the near future we'll find out exactly how much Wilson's publicity stunt cost Chicago taxpayers.

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