While the Chicago region’s population grew by 18 percent since 1980, the traffic increased by 66 percent in the same period. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
Only 24 percent of jobs in the region are accessible by transit in 90 minutes or less by a typical resident — and that number drops to 12 percent in the suburbs. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
Chicago’s first protected bike lane on Kinzie St. increased ridership by 55 percent without increasing traffic congestion for cars. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
The Chicago region’s current hub-and-spoke transit system leaves nearly half a million Cook County residents stranded in transit deserts. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
Roughly every three days, one person biking or walking is killed by someone driving a car in the Chicago region. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
About one-third of all work trips in Chicago are comprised of people biking, walking, or riding public transit. Ted Villaire | Jan 18, 2019
Half of school children walked or biked to school in 1969, but only 13 percent were doing it in 2009. Active Trans | Oct 16, 2018