Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Rail Transit

Hall, Sriraj, Grimshaw, Oberhauser, Quandt, and Kopp. Photo: Edward M. Bury

Transportation Experts Discuss the Challenges Chicago Will Face in the Next 30 Years

By James Porter | May 6, 2019 | 16 Comments

They say land use and traffic safety issues are increasingly urgent concerns as we attempt to plan a safer, more, efficient, and more equitable future transportation system.

Recently spotted on the Red Line. Photo: John Greenfield

Smokin’ on the ‘L’ train: What Explains the Rise in Cigarette and Pot Smoke on the CTA?

By John Greenfield | May 3, 2019 | 10 Comments

The increase correlates with a drop in transit ridership, and an apparent increase in homeless people sheltering on trains.

A Blue Line train at the Damen stop in Wicker Park. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Blue Line Service Disruptions in May for $207M Signal Upgrade

By John Greenfield | May 2, 2019 | 16 Comments

Meanwhile, the CTA is working on adding new electrical substations that will allow them to add still more trains.

Via Chicago: The Lower-Impact Form of Ride-Hailing Expands Its Local Coverage

By John Greenfield | May 1, 2019 | 9 Comments

Ride-hailing has a lot of downsides for cities, but if you're going to use it, Via offers a compromise between a carpooling service and a bus that reduces vehicle miles traveled.

Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman, and then-IPI attorney and current TOD plan opponent Jacob Huebert, celebrating the anti-union Janus decision on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Image: Chicago Sun-Times

Meet the Anti-Union Libertarian Star Trying to Kill the Logan Square Affordable TOD Plan

By John Greenfield | Apr 30, 2019 | 44 Comments

It's notable that one of the leaders of the opposition to the transit-friendly development is a guy who views Barry Goldwater as a hero and counts Donald Trump as a fan.

44th Ward alderman Tom Tunney; 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman; Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr. at this morning's presser in a CTA lot in the 3400 block of North Clark Street.

Addison Station Track Upgrades Represent a Milestone in the Massive RPM Project

By John Greenfield | Apr 26, 2019 | 7 Comments

The track work at Addison replaced worn track components, and eliminated a slow zone and track conditions that could lead to future slow zones.

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