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Mobility and essential travel during COVID-19

By Alex Perez | August 21, 2020

When COVID-19 cases and deaths were rising in Chicago in March and April, the pandemic hit communities of color on the South and West Sides of Chicago at disproportionate rates. […]

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Mobility in the time of COVID-19 in the north and west suburbs

By Maggie Melin Czerwinski | August 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of what we perceive and know about mobility and transportation. In recent months, Active Trans met with more than 100 stakeholders who are […]

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Chicago’s budget needs to advance bus and bike lanes

By W. Robert Schultz III | August 18, 2020

Active Trans Campaign Organizer W. Robert Schultz III, a 31st Ward resident, provided testimony at a Chicago City Council hearing on the city’s infrastructure needs on August 18. The following […]

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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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