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 [...]

Alderman Munoz pushing for community hospital

It’s election time and Ald Ricardo Munoz has big plans.  Moving St. Anthony’s Hospital to 31st Street would mean a boost in ridership for the proposed 31st Street Bus.

TRPT holds “wake up call” workshop at the US Social Forum

In a sea of meetings held by 1400 organizations, TRPT drew a packed room of 70 activists and organizers from around the country who wanted to do something about the national crisis that has been crippling regional transit systems.

Many felt it was a wake-up call. [...]

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, [...]