New Wilson Red Line train station offers more flexibility, better looks, and a long wait
Posted 7 months ago
Community planning meets technology and the web at Metropolitan Planning Council discussion
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Posted 7 months ago
Bringing a bit of Copenhagen to Chicago: two north side aldermen discuss their recent trip to the cycling mecca
Posted 7 months ago
Posted 7 months ago
I hate car-centric design. I equate it with theft. It takes away space for efficient and free modes of travel and reduces the quality of air and aural serenity, not to mention the danger to those within and without a car. Improving bike infrastructure is secondary in making a bike culture: the most important task is to highlight the irresponsibility, risk, damage, inefficiency, and death that Chicago’s car culture brings to the city.
Posted 7 months ago
Posted 7 months ago
The Regional Transportation Authority is a financial administrator and cooperative service planner at the top of the Chicagoland transit hierarchy. Or at least it’s supposed to be. But transit in Chicagoland doesn’t act regionally, and hasn’t for a long time (if ever). Here’s the evidence.
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