Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about transit

Transit vs. Highways: Which Came Out on Top in Local Elections?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 4, 2015 | No Comments

There were several local ballot measures with big implications for streets and transportation yesterday, and results were all over the map. Here’s how three of the most notable votes turned out. Seattle’s property tax increase to fund walking, biking, and transit Voters have spoken and they decided to enact Move Seattle, the $900 million property tax levy for transportation. […]

Major MARTA Expansion Could Transform the Atlanta Region

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 22, 2015 | No Comments

Transit planners in the Atlanta area are getting serious about the largest expansion in MARTA’s history. MARTA officials have proposed new, high-capacity service into North Fulton County and east into DeKalb County that could link important job centers by rail for the first time. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says it could “change the face of Atlanta.” The new […]

Vote to Decide the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2014

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 17, 2014 | No Comments

If you’re searching for reasons to feel positive about the future, the street transformations pictured below are a good start. Earlier this month we asked readers to send in their nominations for the best American street redesigns of 2014. These five are the finalists selected by Streetsblog staff. They include new car-free zones, substantial sidewalk […]

A Better Way to Spend $1 Billion Than Ramming More Roads Thru Milwaukee

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 3, 2014 | No Comments

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is set on widening Interstate 94, a highway that runs east-west through Milwaukee. The agency is so committed to this idea that it is proceeding, at great expense and over the objections of Milwaukee’s mayor, with a project to double-deck a portion of the road through a relatively densely populated […]

Michigan Gas Tax Hike Could Provide Some Relief for Detroit Transit Riders

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 17, 2014 | No Comments

Michigan state senators voted last week to approve a gas tax hike expected to net more than $1 billion annually to fix the state’s notoriously potholed roads, reports the Free Press. The measure, if it passes the House intact, could also be good news for Detroit’s woefully inadequate transit system. A provision of the bill would allow […]

Lawmakers Could Finally Equalize Benefits for Transit and Parking This Year

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 12, 2014 | No Comments

It’s time to rev up the annual fight over parity between federal transit and parking benefits for commuters. Members of Congress hope this might finally be the year to get it done. This morning, Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) announced that they will, again, push to equalize the tax benefits available to […]

How Clayton County Turned Its Zero-Transit Nightmare Around

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 7, 2014 | No Comments

Whether Tuesday’s election left you feeling elated or devastated, there’s one happy story we can all rejoice in: Clayton County, Georgia, will finally get transit service. For 10 years the county had a skeletal bus system with three routes, known as C-TRAN, which was then completely dismantled about four years ago. Having gotten its jump-start with federal […]

Ohio DOT’s Defense of the Transit-Inaccessible Transit Meeting

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 3, 2014 | No Comments

On Friday, the Ohio Department of Transportation held a meeting ostensibly to gather feedback from transit riders in the Dayton and Cincinnati regions. But ODOT held the meeting in exurban Lebanon — a hour’s trip by car from Cincinnati and totally inaccessible by transit from either city. What was ODOT thinking? Is it just a symptom […]

Transit Future Slowly Building Coalition to Fund Expanded Transit

By Steven Vance | Oct 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

The Transit Future campaign sure did arrive with a bang. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle both spoke at its April announcement, which was accompanied by a splashy map and website. It seemed like a huge expansion of the region’s transit network was closer than ever, once Cook County and Chicago officials rallied […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Zero Deaths, Zero Cars, Zero Tundra Voles

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 9, 2014 | No Comments

Special guest Damien Newton of Streetsblog LA joins Jeff and me on this episode to tell us all about the Los Angeles DOT’s new strategic plan, which includes a Vision Zero goal: zero traffic deaths by 2025, a vision all of our cities should get behind. He walks us through the oddities of LA politics and […]

Census Data Shows How Much Less Millennials and Gen-Xers Commute by Car

By Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane | Oct 8, 2014 | No Comments

Cross-posted from Brookings’ The Avenue blog. This article is the second in a short series examining new Census data on transportation trends. Nationally, most commuters are still revving up their cars to get to work every morning, but the picture is more complicated when you look across different age groups. Based on the latest Census data from […]

Talking Headways: Jeff’s Milkshake

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 4, 2014 | No Comments

Forgive us for the unacceptable two-week gap between podcast episodes but this one is totally worth the wait. Feast on our in-depth exploration of three transit lines (in order of fantasy to reality): Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Salt Lake City. Despite having population density that rivals Manhattan, the Las Vegas strip doesn’t have high-quality transit […]

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