Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Federal Policy

The futuristic BP station at Clark and LaSalle on Chicago's Near North Side. Image: Google Maps

Here’s why Pritzker’s plan to skip this year’s scheduled gas tax hike is a bad idea

By Steven Vance | Feb 1, 2022 | No Comments

The proposal, which is projected to cost the state $135 million in revenue, is unfair to people who don't drive. And it may not even save much money for drivers.

Officials, including local alderman Tom Tunney (44th), CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr., Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Senator Dick Durbin, and Representative Jan Schakowsky, at yesterday's groundbreaking. Photo: City of Chicago

RPM program enters next phase with start of Belmont-Cornelia track reconstruction

By John Greenfield | Jan 25, 2022 | No Comments

According to the CTA, the curve in these century-old tracks slow down trains, and rebuilding and straightening them will allow for faster speeds, better reliability, and a more comfortable ride.

A community meeting on El Paseo bike and pedestrian trail plan in Little Village in 2016. Photo: John Greenfield

Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.

Una sesión comunitaria sobre el plan El Paseo, el sendero de bicicletas y peatones, en La Villita en 2016. Foto: John Greenfield

Mejor accesibilidad lingüística y más formación de coaliciones

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 31, 2021 | No Comments

En una profesión como la planificación urbana, que es técnica y política, y requiere la participación ciudadana y acción comunitaria, la accesibilidad lingüística es sola una herramienta necesaria.

Photo opp at an info table on the Red Line extension at a South Side community festival last summer. Photo: CTA

How can we create “transit-supportive housing” near new Red Line extension stations?

By James Porter | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments

This week the transit agency hosted two online meetings to get feedback on proposed strategies and concepts for "transit-supportive development" near each of the four proposed Red Line extension station areas.

Rendering of the rehabbed station, looking east.

$13M makeover will make Metra Electric 147th/Sibley station ADA accessible

By John Greenfield | Nov 16, 2021 | No Comments

Metra announced that a project is moving forward to rehab the Metra Electric District line’s 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard in south-suburban Harvey.

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