The Chicago IWW and LVEJO have been looking into what it would take to form a worker self-managed, community-controlled transit cooperative to run bus service along the 31st St. corridor.  We are exploring the possibility of a better service, owned by those who operate it, with union-scale wages and benefits, for less [...]

Thanks to those who came out for our Outreach Day. Seniors at McGuane Park were excited about the possibility of having bus access to Mercy Hospital again. Shopping at the mall on Ashland was another big hit. People at the Dunkin Donuts on 31st and Halsted gave us lots of tips on [...]

Curtis Black on the Clean Air & Water Show

2 LVEJO organizers wrote for this issue. Please come out and celebrate with us.

Busy Building Buslines
LVEJO’s efforts to improve public transit
The Infrastructure of Survival

Who Owns Chicago’s Water System?

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On October 1, 2010, AREA Chicago is releasing its tenth issue: Institutions & Infrastructures at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E [...]

Stay tuned for updates on the Chicago Clean Air and Water Show. It was a hit. We had 30 riders on the 31st Street Bus Route to the beach.

my name is Ramiro L. i am a community organizer for the Little Village Environmental Justice organization. i also have a part time job as a security guard at soldier field, i

find it difficult and time consuming to get to work, i take the homan bus to the pink line, heading towards the loop, [...]

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Cosponsors – Little Village Environmental Justice Organization – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 – EcoJustice Collaborative – IWW GMB OC -  Nuclear Energy Information Service – Pilsen [...]

LVEJO’s efforts to improve public transit Published in Institutions & Infrastructures on April 15, 2010 by Mackel Garrison

Public transit is basic urban infrastructure, though not every community in Chicago enjoys adequate services.  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) works to better understand the transportation needs of our community.  Our work around public transit began back in [...]