John Greenfield

"This funding will allow us to invest in cleaner, safer trains, and for expansion of services, and faster buses ... That's why I'm grateful that we were able to successfully help move different agenda along and get exactly what the people Chicago need and deserve."

By all accounts, it was everyone's commitment to ensure there weren't massive service cuts to the million-plus people that ride public transit every day and an enormous amount of pink slips that would have gone out for the thousands of workers that provide those transit rides.

Bike riders are notifying residents who may be at risk of what Mayor Brandon Johnson recently called "militarized immigration enforcement without due process."

Public transit riders, workers, and advocates showed up in force for Saturday's Save Transit Rally at Daley Plaza, calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill to address Chicagoland's looming $771 million fiscal cliff.

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SBCHI shares their latest strategies for staying cool on two wheels, and how they're evolving in the e-bike era.

The paper's Editorial Board previously derided “the so-called fiscal cliff.”

Meanwhile, transit officials are facing the possibility of massive service cuts and layoffs.

John Greenfield

June 1, 2025

"There's a good mix of time where you don't want your parents to drop you off, but you have to, because you don't have your own car," Quetzal said. "I never had that."