At annual meeting, ATA prioritizes safe streets, transit access, and lowering emissions
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Hopefully the funding wins from the past year prepare the ground for big material changes in the years ahead.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity
Mobility leaders assess 5 years of e-scooters, and draw insights from the Chicago pilots
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Read the article citations here. E-scooters launched unexpectedly in the United States in the fall of 2017, wreaking havoc on many unsuspecting city residents and offering a novel new transportation option to others. Cities were forced to spring into action and formulate the best way to respond to this new mobility option. Policymakers ran the […]
Advocates, experts: Infra bill is more car-centric than hoped for, but will benefit Chicagoland
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"We must not simply rebuild the transportation infrastructure of the last century when we now need to mitigate climate change."
New housing aid is the right thing to do. It’s also a good investment.
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In addition to hurting Chicago’s most vulnerable residents, cuts to housing assistance can cost much more than they save.
2022 Chicago budget passes including income-based fines, mental health funds
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Reforms to the city's traffic fine structure should make it less regressive, and increased funding for mental health services could be a step in the right direction for improving transit safety.
CTA budget calls for reducing pass prices, and faster, more eco-friendly bus service
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The CTA‘s 2022 budget calls for the system's biggest fare chance since 2013, slashing all pass prices and getting riding of the 25-cent charge for the first transfer.
4 months after racially-charged Council battle, signs for DuSable LSD unveiled
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Another fight regarding the coastal highway is on the horizon, as the city and state prepare to reconstruct North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
“Biking Where Black” study shows relationship between lack of bike lanes, heavy ticketing
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The report postulates that improved bicycle infrastructure could reduce citations and to some extent mitigate police overreach by reducing sidewalk riding.
Chicago motorist stops have spiked over the years, with far more Black drivers detained
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Regardless of the transportation mode, Black Chicagoans are much more likely to be detained by police than their white counterparts.
Millennium Park bike station reopens under new name and management
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Now called Hub 312, it's run by Shift Transit, a Chicago-based mobility operations company founded by Eddy Inlow, who served as the first general manager for the Divvy bike-share program.
Bringing TOD to South, West sides will require more resources, less red tape
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While our city's TOD ordinance has spurred more transit-friendly development in wealthy and gentrifying neighborhoods, it has done relatively little to encourage investment in parts of the city that need it the most.
Tribune: Many people were fined for 6+ MPH speeding, so that means the rule is unfair
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The Tribune argues that speed camera tickets are an unjust imposition on drivers, and downplays the safety benefits of the cams, and the societal harm caused by traffic violence.