Congress: Time to Support Transit Operations

Friday, December 11th, 2009

We are living in a time of great crisis, but also great opportunity.   It can be hard to wrap your head around the twin crises of the economy and the environment.   Especially if your job is at stake, the bills are mounting, and it is just harder getting by.  However, there is opportunity if we [...]

FACT SHEET: How “Invent the Future” public input helped shape the GO TO 2040 draft preferred Regional Scenario

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Residents across the seven-county region helped to “Invent the Future” from May to September 2009 via public outreach by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), which is developing GO TO 2040, the official comprehensive plan to guide development and infrastructure.
Click here to read a CMAP news release summarizing this phase of public input. [...]

Labor Beat: Stop CTA Service Cuts

Friday, December 11th, 2009

LVEJO endorsed and took part in this picket action at CTA this week.
Also, special thanks to Roger Smidl for his testimony to the CTA Board regarding the need to reverse past cuts and restore the 31st Street Bus Route.
Stop CTA Service Cuts
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A rally against mass transit service cuts in [...]