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Chicago takes steps to help ensure free New Years Eve transit service won’t be terrible again this year
Distracted Off-Duty Cop Jumped Curb and Killed Chicago Woman On Sidewalk
Chicago’s First-Ever City Civics Day Encourages Engagement and Activism
Historian Sherman ‘Dilla’ Thomas: The More Chicago Improves Its Transit, the Better Life on the South and West Sides Will Be
Parking Spots are Turned into People Space as a Chicago Garage Becomes an Apartment Complex
Check Out This Neat Map of Chicago’s Upcoming Bike Lanes
Chicago’s Downtown NASCAR Race Glorified Drivers, Ignored the Needs of Others
CTA Credits Taylor Swift for Ridership Boost
The agency credited a series of Taylor Swift shows at Soldier Field, plus popular concerts and festivals in various neighborhoods, for lifting the number of passengers in early June.
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Chicago Considers ‘Mobility Hubs’
Chicago Media Discusses the CTA’s Challenges
This week’s Chicago Reader “First Tuesdays with Maya [Dukmasova] & Ben [Joravsky]” at Nighthawk on the topic of “Public Transit Crisis” lived up to the theme. The conversation with state representative Kam Buckner and activist (and former Streetsblog reporter) Lynda Lopez touched on familiar CTA woes: the ongoing triple-whammy of sub-par cleanliness, safety, and reliability; […]
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