Food + Mobility Justice Advocates Join Forces
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Speakers discussed the relationship between safe conditions for pedestrians and good transit access with food security and nutrition.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Rail Transit
How COVID Impacts Transit Workers in CHI
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 1,874 Chicago area transit workers tested positive for the disease, at least 14 had to be hospitalized and at least 14 passed away.
CDC Mask Mandate Will Give Local Rules Teeth
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Hopefully now that the federal government is getting more serious about mask compliance, we'll see better behavior on this front from local transit riders.
Will Chicago Commuter Train Grow Beyond the 9-5?
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A "regional rail" scheme, with more frequent service during non-rush hours, would make the network more useful non-white collar workers, as well as non-work commutes.
Do We Need Women-Only Transit?
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Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.
Study: The U.S. Can Afford to Build More Rail
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The persistent myth that it just costs more to build train lines in the U.S. than it does abroad is mostly bunk, a new analysis finds — but costs quickly balloon when we start building them underground, for reasons that researchers can't yet fully explain.