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Post image: With state legislators again cutting funding for public transit in a recent budget agreement, both Metra and Pace plan to increase fares in 2018. Metra also plans a limited amount of service cuts, with details still to come. Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter said at the agency’s September board meeting that neither fare hikes nor service cuts are […]
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Post image: A new study uses data from mobile phones to analyze dangerous driving behavior near U.S. schools, including every school in the Chicago region. The study measures phone use, rapid acceleration and hard braking in real-time so parents, community leaders and elected officials can identify major traffic safety problems near schools. It was conducted by Zendrive, a mobile driver […]
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Post image: Join us for a leisurely bike tour of the South Branch from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, September 17. Please see the route (pictured). We'll ride in neighborhood bike lanes for the majority of the 6.5 mile course. Riders will meet at Federal Plaza (Adams/Dearborn) at 10 a.m. The low-stress route includes stops at Ping Tom Park […]
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Post image: The latest suburban news on biking, walking and transit issues in your community is here! Check out highlights from our latest local suburban e-newsletters. Our local e-newsletters offer a quick read on issues related to bicycling, walking and transit across the Chicagoland region. Don’t see the newsletter in your inbox? Join our mailing list by signing up for our […]
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Post image: After initially proposing more sweeping service cuts on the South Chicago and Blue Island branches of Metra Electric, the agency revised its plan in response to community concerns and announced the changes will take effect Monday September 11. The latest plan restores one late-night outbound train on the South Chicago branch and four trains on the Blue Island […]
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Post image: The Active Transportation Alliance compiles a list of events happening each month along the Lakefront Trail. See what's going on in the month of September so you can better plan your walking, biking or running route. For regular updates about the Lakefront Trail, follow our Lakefront Trail Twitter page and the #chiLFT hashtag. NOTE: The Lakefront Trail detour […]
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Recent reports out of San Francisco and New York City find that ride-hailing companies like Lyft and Uber are contributing to increased traffic congestion and could be hurting transit ridership. The San Francisco study found that ride-hailing vehicles travel approximately 570,000 miles within city limits on a typical weekday. This accounts for 20 percent of all local daily vehicle miles […]
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Post image: Join us Sunday, September 17 for a bike tour of the Chicago River's South Branch. We'll celebrate the Chicago River Trail campaign's first year and demonstrate our support for a continuous trail. Riders will meet at 10 a.m. at Federal Plaza (Adams/Dearborn) and head south for a 12-mile trip. Along the way, we'll discuss plans to improve the […]
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Post image: “We believe that mobility equity is fundamental to human and civil rights. Car-centric transportation systems are fundamentally unfair and unjust, exclude the needs of those who cannot or do not drive, and discriminate against many of society’s most vulnerable people. We are committed to reversing these disparities by making equity a foundational principle of our work.” — Organizational […]
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Post image: In a victory for people who bike, new bike lanes are coming to Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park. As part of a series of near-term improvements to the street, the Chicago Department of Transportation is beginning work to install advisory bike lanes, which will feature dashed lines to create space for people on bikes (see image). The dashed […]
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