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News Releases


Active Transportation Alliance statement on Uptown truck-bike crash

By Kyle Whitehead | June 10, 2022

For Immediate Release June 10, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Kyle Whitehead Managing Director of Public Affairs Active Transportation Alliance 312-216-0473 [email protected] Active Transportation Alliance statement on Uptown bike crash Following is a statement from Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Amy Rynell on Thursday’s truck-bike crash that resulted in the death of a 3-year-old girl Chicago, IL: This crash is just the latest […]

On May 18, Chicago Ride of Silence will mourn the lives lost while biking during the past year

By Ted Villaire | May 13, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Elizabeth Adamczyk Chicago Organizer [email protected] rideofsilence.org/chicago (773) 370-2038 Kyle Whitehead Active Transportation Alliance (312) 216-0473 [email protected]   On May 18, Chicago Ride of Silence will mourn the lives lost while biking during the past year The annual ride will offer a moment silent reflection at the sites where drivers killed people biking near the Loop Chicago, Ill., […]

The launch of Chicago’s first transit rider organization

By Ted Villaire | February 2, 2022

PRESS ADVISORY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH CONTACT: SUSAN HURLEY, 773-412-2386 On Friday, February 4th, 8am, Chicago Jobs with Justice will host a canvassing event and press conference at the Western stop on the Forest Park Blue Line in honor of Transit Equity Day, which is set on Rosa Parks birthday. Speakers from the Amalgamated Transit Union, Warehouse Workers for Justice, Sierra […]

People on bikes have DuSable Lake Shore Drive all to themselves this Sunday

By Ted Villaire | August 31, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   MEDIA CONTACTS: Clare McDermott, Active Transportation Alliance (773) 391-7709 [email protected] Larry Magnesen, Fifth Third Bank (312) 704-5564 [email protected]   People on bikes have DuSable Lake Shore Drive all to themselves this Sunday Spend time with friends and family during Labor Day weekend at one of the best bike rides in the nation CHICAGO, Aug. 30, 2021 […]

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