Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about State Policy

A CTA bus on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Photo: John Greenfield

I’m fairly optimistic about the future of public transportation – if we take action now

By John Greenfield | Nov 3, 2021 | No Comments

As Mark Twain might have said, reports of the death of transit have been greatly exaggerated, but we do need to take decisive action to make buses and trains a more reliable and appealing option.

The intersection of Dee, Oakton, and Busse. IDOT says this complex intersection, located just north of Metra tracks, can't handle a road diet. Image: Google Maps

IDOT explains why it’s being fussy about the Busse Highway bike lane plan

By John Greenfield | Oct 24, 2021 | No Comments

Compromising with a short stretch of sharrows in order to allow for a road diet with bike lanes on the rest of the project area would be far safer than the status quo, for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike.

There are lots of lots, like this one at the Frosty Penguin, along Busse Highway on the stretch where IDOT wants to strip parking. Image: Google Maps

IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.

By John Greenfield | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

IDOT wants to strip parking on a short stretch of Busse Highway in Park Ridge to make way for bike lanes. Residents are pushing back. But a 4-to-3 conversion would be a better strategy.

A Pace bus at the Highland Park Metra station. Photo: John Greenfield

Have your say on Pace’s 2022 budget, which includes service expansion and no fare increases

By John Greenfield | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Pace says that, if approved, the budget will fund the largest service and infrastructure expansion in Pace’s history.

Transit ambassadors on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Photo: BART

Disability rights group Access Living and others call for transit ambassadors on CTA

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 28, 2021 | No Comments

A coalition of forty community groups and civic organizations in Chicago and suburban Cook County have given their support for the creation of a transit ambassador program for the CTA.

The Addison/Lincoln bridge. Photo: Igor Studenkov

More deets about the UPN Line bridge replacement project from the recent meeting

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

Nearby residents and businesses are wondering about the construction impacts, including possible flooding issues, and just how close to their homes the new tracks will be.

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