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Chicago’s dockless bike share program needs more bikes

By Kyle Whitehead | July 13, 2018

Reports indicate the City of Chicago’s dockless bike-sharing pilot program is off to a slow start, and the city should consider changes to the program to ensure it generates useful […]

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Our Bus Advocacy Grants are being put to work!

By Ted Villaire | July 12, 2018

  In 2017, Active Trans and our partners from the Back on the Bus Coalition published the Back on the Bus report. This report found that bus ridership in the […]

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Chinatown organization works to improve walkability

By Ted Villaire | July 12, 2018

Chicago’s Chinatown has been touted as one of the only Chinatowns in the U.S. that is growing. Indeed, over the past several years, Chinese Americans have moved beyond Chinatown’s core […]

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The Chicago region’s current hub-and-spoke transit system leaves nearly half a million Cook County residents stranded in transit deserts.

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