Pressure is mounting to replace embattled CTA President Dorval Carter
Here's a look at what elected officials and other media outlets have said about the issue recently.
April 19, 2024
Here’s why Pritzker’s plan to skip this year’s scheduled gas tax hike is a bad idea
The proposal, which is projected to cost the state $135 million in revenue, is unfair to people who don't drive. And it may not even save much money for drivers.
February 1, 2022
What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?
When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.
October 22, 2021
Amtrak is restoring long-distance service and dining, and replacing seat cushions

June 16, 2021
Most people in Chicagoland can access COVID vaccination sites via transit

March 17, 2021
Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule

February 1, 2021
Lyft launched a new Super PAC to prevent Illinois gig workers from getting employee benefits

November 13, 2020
Your suspicion is right: People have been speeding more during Stay at Home

April 29, 2020
Database documents cities that are repurposing car space during the pandemic

March 29, 2020
Oil-Laden Freight Trains Delaying Amtrak, Commuter Trains Across U.S.
Oil production is booming across North America, as new technologies make it possible to extract liquid crude oil from sources like the Bakken shale oil field in North Dakota and Montana, or Alberta's tar sands. The ever-increasing volume of crude oil mined in remote Great Plains locations often finds its way to refineries via "rolling pipelines" – freight trains that tow a million barrels of oil around the United States every day. Production of Bakken crude has tripled over the past three years, and 79 percent of it is shipped out by rail.
August 14, 2014