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 [...]

Working Bikes is offering an exciting opportunity for our valued and active members! 

The Bicycle Mechanics Class is an eight week comprehensive overview taught by our very own Paul Fitzgerald.  It covers everything from bells to ball bearings and will unravel the mystery of when to use that skinny cone wrench (and more importantly when NOT [...]

Chicago, Jan. 20, 2010

Chicago Transit Authority union members and CTA transit users protested in front of the CTA headquarters on Wednesday, January 20.

The ongoing and future threatened cuts by the CTA management will double wait times for bus riders, cut service to low income/minority areas, overcrowd buses and trains, to [...]

Bob Roberts Reporting
CHICAGO (WBBM) — As disgruntled riders paraded outside the CTA’s West Loop headquarters with picket signs, the agency’s board approved a 2010 budget that holds the line on fares but threatens service cuts Feb. 7.

“I think they would prefer to go with stability over the next two years,” said CTA [...]