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Kinzie Street protected bike lane will stay!

By Ted Villaire | September 2, 2015

In a big win for Active Trans members and supporters, Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials confirmed the Kinzie Street protected bike lane will remain in place. Earlier this year, 42nd […]

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Many benefits in linking Brown Line to Blue

By Ted Villaire | September 2, 2015

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 […]

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Extend Yellow Line to Old Orchard to boost job access

By Ted Villaire | September 1, 2015

Post image:  The CTA’s Yellow Line, which extends west from the Red Line’s north terminus at Howard Street to Dempster, was originally called the “Skokie Swift.” Unfortunately, right now transportation […]

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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.

Want better options for walking, biking, and transit in Chicagoland? Here's your opportunity to get involved.

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Bicycling

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