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Like Chicago’s, San Francisco’s bus system for years has struggled to gain riders due to slow, unreliable service. As leaders in both cities have begun to invest in bus improvements, it’s helpful for Chicagoans to look at how San Francisco is attacking the problem. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) has prioritized frequency and reliability on its most heavily […]
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Post image: At our 30th Anniversary Soiree on February 22, Active Trans will be giving U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski our Extra Mile Award for his continued support for cleaner, healthier transportation in the region. Lipinski, representing Illinois’ Third District, is the state’s senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Among his recent accomplishments are reinstating a national commuter […]
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Post image: Last week Governor Rauner announced a proposal to add managed travel lanes to Interstate 55 under a public private partnership. If approved by the Illinois General Assembly, the project would add at least one lane in each direction to I-55 between Interstate 355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) and Interstate 90/94 (Dan Ryan Expressway). The new lanes would likely operate […]
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Post image: The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced this week it has hired academic experts to review the city’s red-light camera program and determine criteria for future placement of safety cameras. Northwestern University’s Transportation Center, in partnership with experts from Texas A&M and Florida State, will lead the study and look at the impact of the technology in reducing […]
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Post image: The City of Rockford, Illinois has struggled to recover from many of the social and economic consequences of the recession and factors that preceded it, such as the decline of manufacturing and other important industries that had provided much of the life blood to the Rockford area. The Rockford public school systems have failed to meet state […]
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Post image: It looks like biking from Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood to Evanston will become safer with Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)’s proposed Neighborhood Greenways plan. At a recent meeting hosted by Ald. Joe Moore and CDOT, residents saw details of the proposal to add a bike route spanning more than two miles in the 49th Ward. In 2015, CDOT began […]
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Post image: Active Trans’ Safe Routes for Healthy Kids campaign aims to make communities safer for kids to live healthy, active lifestyles. Throughout the Chicago region, many of them aren’t able to walk and bike to school due to poorly designed streets. In the western suburb of Batavia, a group of local advocates made it a mission to change this. […]
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Post image: Across much of Chicago and through its western suburbs, North Ave. is one of those dreaded major arterial roads. The state-owned, super-sized street is designed to move as many cars as possible as quickly as possible, regardless of the impact on people walking, biking and riding transit. Now we may have an opportunity to change that and make […]
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Since adopting a Vision Zero goal in 2012 to eliminate all traffic fatalities by 2022, the City of Chicago has taken many steps to make our streets safer and save lives. Unlike peer cities in the U.S. and around the world, this initial progress has been achieved without a multi-year action plan or more dedicated funding for safety improvements in […]
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Post image: More than 300 cyclists came out to celebrate our 14th Annual Winter Bike to Work Day this morning at Daley Plaza. People dropped in the throughout the morning to enjoy free Dark Matter Coffee, Eli’s Cheesecake and swag from sponsors. Many guests reported it was one of the best Winter Bike to Work Day rallies in recent history. (See photos […]
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