Post image: State Street between 69th and 79th Streets on Chicago’s South Side has not beeen a welcoming place to walk. Located just east of the Dan Ryan Expressway, the street is essentially a frontage road, but gets a lot of pedestrian traffic going to Red Line stations located along the median of the Dan Ryan at 69th and 79th Streets. […]

Post image:  Many non-profit organizations accept donations of cars to benefit the organization, but the Active Transportation Alliance wants more than your donation.   We want to help you downsize that car for good by providing free memberships to car- and bike-sharing programs, discounts at a high-end bike shop and other perks like a Ventra pass and Active Trans membership. […]

Post image:  Active Trans’ fiscal year ends on September 30 and we need your help in making sure we land on both wheels.  We’ve had a great year. It was one of our best-ever turnouts for MB Financial Bank Bike the Drives, we had a successful Bike Commuter Challenge and we experienced many advocacy wins like rallying supporters to ultimately […]

Post image:  In Illinois, schools are required to provide bus transportation to their students who live more than 1.5 miles from school. Schools are also required to bus children who live less than 1.5 miles from school but lack a safe walking route — a program is known as hazard busing.  The task of determining whether or not a route […]

Post image:  Metra, Pace and CTA and trains and buses were not always required to provide equal access to people with disabilities. In fact, just 30 years ago, public transportation in Chicago was probably not an option if you had a disability. Instead, many people with disabilities relied on door-to-door paratransit, which offered limited and inconsistent service in the Chicago […]

Many non-profits accept donations of old cars to benefit the organization, but we give you the tools you’ll need to downsize that car for good! When you donate your car to Active Trans, we’ll give you the resources that will make your car-free or car-lite lifestyle a breeze. Cutting down on car dependence always has meant getting more exercise, lightening […]

Post image:  Helping make the Lakefront Trail safer and more convenient for everyone who uses it has been a priority of Active Trans for decades. As anyone who uses the trail knows, jumping on the trail for a run, a stroll or a bike ride too often means being confronted with heavy congestion and potential conflict with fellow trail users.  […]

Post image:  Summer is winding down, but there are still plenty of 5Ks happening along the Lakefront Trail. Every month, Active Trans compiles a list of events happening directly on the trail. Check out what’s going on for the month of September, and for more updates on Lakefront Trail conditions, follow us on Twitter.    Saturday, 9/5 Navy Pier Summer […]

Post image:  Chicago’s transit network was designed, as many systems in the 19th and 20th Centuries were, as a hub-and-spoke system: there is a central “hub” (the Loop) from which all the “spokes” of the system radiate. The system works well for commuters who work in the Loop and live in the neighborhoods along the lines, but little else. North Side […]