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The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts:
@johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
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Yesterday CTA workers were sprucing up the sign holders at O'Hare Station. 🖌️ 🚃 ✈️ 🦃

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November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Friends of Big Marsh Holiday Party 12/13, 6-9 PM at Specialized Fulton Market, 925 W. Lake w/ food, music, drinks, and raffle.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The advocacy org People for Bikes rightly criticized Chicago for our lack of protected intersections. CDOT recently installed our first one on the Near South Side, but local City Council rep Pat Dowell is forcing them to tear it out.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Ald. Dowell is forcing CDOT to tear out portions of already installed bike lane protection on 18th, including Chicago's first protected intersection.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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We wrote up RTA ED Leanne Redden's report from Thursday's board meeting, including a discussion of Urban planning issues.
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But kudos to Star:Line for sitting through the whole 6-hour ordeal, uh, hearing! Commentary on his Bluesky account: bsky.app/profile/star...
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Here's Ald. Dowell's newsletter on the subject.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Here's a not-terrible Trib editorial re: the Blue Line attack.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/l...

As for, "The public needs to be reassured elected officials are taking this seriously," they could have mentioned measures included in the new transit bill.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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One of IL Policy's endless gripes about the transit bill that's not completely unwarranted is "Why aren't fares going up next year?" Here's an explanation from Sen. Villivalam, one of the bill's architects, which is also reasonable.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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At her presentation at yesterday's RTA board meeting, Executive Director Leanne Redden discussed a reboot of the Access to Transit program to improve bike-ped routes to stations. Applications are due 1/16.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Here's an update on what's going on with on-street outdoor dining/drinking/hangout spaces in Rogers Park.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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After our interview with CTA Media, plus some legislative spelunking, indicated Mayor Johnson *can* pick Acting Prez Leerhsen to be permanent CTA chief by 6/1, and she would stay on the job, #TeamNora calls on the mayor to recommend her.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Reminder: Tomorrow is the first of 5 CTA/CDOT meetings on bringing bus-priority infrastructure to 5 bus corridors, Thursday 11/20 5:30-7 PM at Gage Park Fieldhouse, 2411 W. 55th. Don't let the avid car enthusiasts dominate the conversation!

More info:
www.transitchicago.com/cta-and-cdot...
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Not all of Illinois Policy Institute's transportation-related commentary is terrible. In fact, we just gave a shout-out to a very good post on the abolition of parking requirements near transit stations by IPI Policy Researcher LyLena Estabine.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"Semi-retired good govt. watchdog" Andy Shaw discusses the paradox of Ken Griffin fiercely opposing taxes on billionaires, but donating $12M to to pay for Lakefront Trail separation. They even put griffins on the MSI after he bought the naming rights! 😉
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Here are strategies to improve safety on transit, including Transit Ambassadors (to deter crime, connect unhoused people w/ services, notify police of serious issues), included in the transit bill sitting on Gov. Pritzker's desk.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Hey transit-friendly lawmakers: Illinois Policy said last week, "True fiscal stability requires reform, not just more revenue." You should use "No revenue without reform!" as your slogan.

Oh, that *was* your slogan and the bill that passed has lots of reforms? 🙃
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Black-led sustainable transportation groups SouthSide Critical Mass and Equiticity converged for the Chicago Bike Collective Ride.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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If only Chicago homeowner who receive their new property tax bill could easily figure out "where exactly that money is going." 😉

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November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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ICYMI: Great discussion yesterday of Myron Levin's film "Power Trip" about how media encourages deadly driving, followed by a fire pit hangout with SBC readers.

Read Cameron Bolton's interview with the director.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/06/m...

@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Sure there was a high of 70F in Chicago Saturday, but it's that time of year again! ☀️ 🌴 🚌 🚃 🎄 🎅
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November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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LOL, finally got a rise out of these right-wing goofballs.

Read our previous coverage of their almost-always-wrong transportation and development coverage (with an occasional "even a broken clock is right twice a day" incident).
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November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Very cool bike ride, screening, discussion, and afterparty for Myron Levin's doc "Power Trip," about how ads, movies, video games encourage deadly driving." Thanks to Active Trans and Ride Illinois for co-sponsoring w/SBC!

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November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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For those who are coming for the bike ride to the movie today, Daley Plaza is fenced off for the holiday market, so John is hanging out on the east side of the plaza next to Dearborn Street. we will takeoff a little after 12:30. See others there. Looking forward to spending time with SBC readers!
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM