Let's make walking, biking, and public transit safe and equitable options for getting around Chicagoland.
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The distracted walking ordinance proposed by Ald. Burke and Beale at Wednesday’s City Council meeting misdiagnoses the problem contributing to traffic deaths involving people walking.The ordinance proposes fining people who […]
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Post image: In our conversations this fall with community leaders from Vision Zero high crash areas on the West and South Sides of Chicago, the leaders consistently called for more […]
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A healthy and growing bus system is critical to building a more sustainable transportation network in Chicago. Back on the Bus, a new report from the Active Transportation Alliance, analyzes the […]
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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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