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Hispano dirige el segundo sistema de transporte público más grande del país

Transit Justice — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:56:37 +0000

Chicago, jul (EFE).- Richard Rodríguez, director de la Autoridad de Transporte de Chicago (CTA, en inglés), el segundo sistema de transporte público más grande del país, es un abogado hispano que de joven sintió la tentación de entrar a las [...]

Public Transit for a Green Chicago

Transit Justice — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:18:08 +0000

Check out these pics from our Earth Day Press Conference: Public Transit for a Green Chicago. We spoke to the media at LVLHS, the only CPS high school with no regular CTA bus route!

Basta de excusas! Queremos autobuses!

Kimberly Wasserman Nieto explains the benefit of federal funding to operate 31st Street Buses and other [...]

Environmental Justice and Civil Rights at Stake in the Next $500 Billion National Surface Transportation Act: A Social Movement Must Lead the Fight in Congress

Transit Justice — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:49:43 +0000

Transit Riders for Public Transportation (TRPT) is a new national campaign that aims to intervene in the reauthorization of the national surface transportation act. We are changing the terms of the debate by flipping the script. TRPT is asking for an 80% transportation and 20% highway and freeway funding split as [...]

Huberman redux

Transit Justice — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:03:53 +0000

"One thing problematic about Huberman's tenure at the CTA was a continued focus on failed projects like Block 37 and station beautification at the expense of improving basic service in the neighborhoods," said Mike Pitula, a community organizer with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. "A massive amount of money was spent on putting in flat-screen displays and granite floors and tiles in the Dearborn Street subway, while there are stations on the Blue and Green Lines that have been closed for years and could be reopened to serve low-income neighborhoods and communities of color."