Play the Robobuz game!

Members of the public cheered as the emphatic Dr. Lora Chamberlain addressed President Forrest Claypool, Chairman Terry Peterson, and the rest of the CTA board at Monday night’s public budget hearing. Dr. Lora raised her arms over her head to emphasize her statement, “Bus Rapid Transit is a bad idea!” Most all of the room [...]

CTA: give us the letter!

CTA needed to send a letter to FTA – the Federal Transit Administration – asking to protect funds for the 31st Street Bus Route. They needed to send it before Sept 30, 2011.  CTA officials claim the letter was sent but have not provided the Campaign with a copy [...]

Transit Riders & Drivers Unite!

Take back our Transit System!

It’s budget time again, and CTA officials are back at it – trying to drive a wedge between transit workers and the riding public. In 2010, CTA passed another Doomsday, chopping over 1000 transit jobs, almost 1/5th of bus service [...]

Chicago – After 2 months of public comment and letters falling on deaf ears, a group of young women from Little Village broke through to CTA about the need for a 31st Street Bus. Organizers with the  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Young Activists Organizing as Today’s [...]

For Immediate Release
Attention:  News Assignment

PRESS RELEASE

Contacts:

Michael Pitula

Community Organizer

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

773-762-6991

publictransit[AT]lvejo[dot]org

CTA IGNORES 31ST STREET

Bus riders experience 13 year wait for bus to arrive.
WHAT/WHEN: Wed, Aug 10th, 2011

10:00 am public comment at CTA Board Meeting, 2nd Floor
Press conference immediately following Board Meeting, outside on sidewalk.

WHERE: CTA, 567 [...]

50th Anniversary of the First Freedom Ride: New Documentary Recounts Historic 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System in the Deep South.