Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity

Cutting the ribbon on the new Divvy station by Cragin Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Belmont Cragin and Hermosa celebrate new Divvy stations, bikeway network

By John Greenfield | Aug 13, 2021 | No Comments

It would be great if this approach of creating a cohesive, useful bike network all at once was implemented in every Chicago community that currently lacks one.

High rents are a policy choice: What’s driving displacement across The North Side

By Richard Day | Aug 12, 2021 | No Comments

We should reverse the down-zonings that have rendered much of the city unaffordable and exclusionary.

CTA offers free rides on 1st day of school, but Muni pilots all-year free rides for youth

By John Greenfield | Aug 12, 2021 | No Comments

Launching a free fares pilot for schoolchildren would be a great way to start improving transportation equity in Chicago, helping us catch up with peer cities that are way ahead of us in that department.

Waiting for a Pink Line train in the North Lawndale community on the West Side. Photo: John Greenfield

A closer look at CDOT’s plan to close Chicago’s transportation equity gap

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 3, 2021 | No Comments

CDOT’s three-year plan maps out overarching structural changes and numerous incremental steps to make Chicago’s transportation landscape more equitable.

An Inbound BNSF Line train waits at Aurora Transportation Center in late March. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Metra schedule pilots to bring biggest service increases to wealthier suburbs

By Igor Studenkov | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

When Metra recently announced schedule changes for several lines, they billed it as offering more off-peak options. But the reality was a bit more complicated than that.

Housepainter James Woods rides in the Lake Street protected bike lane on the West Side soon after it was installed several years ago. Conditions have degraded significantly since then. Photo: John Greenfield

Active Transportation Alliances renews call for a protected bike lane network

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 1, 2021 | No Comments

The Active Transportation Alliance analyzed Chicago's progress on creating an all-ages, all abilities cycling network and renewed the call for a network of protected bike lanes.

Contrary to what Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown suggested in an op-ed against adding parking meters, it is possible to go fishing at Montrose Harbor without a car. Photo: John Greenfield

Driving, er, running advocates mourn the start of metered parking at Montrose Harbor

By John Greenfield | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

Despite the backlash from those who argued that free, super-convenient parking is a social justice issue, the city installed the pay-and-display boxes, and the meters were activated this morning.

Buckner moves to block $6.5B in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

So far Wisconsin-based Landmark Development has failed to make a case that the project would have enough public benefits to justify the massive subsidy.

CMAP analyzes equity impact of transportation fees, fines, and fares

By Courtney Cobbs | May 1, 2021 | No Comments

CMAP looked at the ways in which transportation fees, fines, and fares impact low-income residents and policy changes that can increase equity.

Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?

An all-affordable transit-oriented development is currently being completed next to the Logan Square Blue Line station. Photo: Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

The new Chicago Blueprint for Fair Housing aims to reduce residential segregation

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

The city calls the document a plan to address the city’s housing segregation, disparities in access to opportunity, and history of inequitable investment.

You can ask lawmakers to eliminate 20% local match requirement for walk/bike infra

By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

File a witness slip online by Tuesday afternoon to make your voice heard.

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