We are living in a time of great crisis, but also great opportunity. It can be hard to wrap your head around the twin crises of the economy and the environment. Especially if your job is at stake, the bills are mounting, and it is just harder getting by. However, there is opportunity if we [...]
Residents across the seven-county region helped to “Invent the Future” from May to September 2009 via public outreach by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), which is developing GO TO 2040, the official comprehensive plan to guide development and infrastructure.
Click here to read a CMAP news release summarizing this phase of public input. [...]
LVEJO endorsed and took part in this picket action at CTA this week.
Also, special thanks to Roger Smidl for his testimony to the CTA Board regarding the need to reverse past cuts and restore the 31st Street Bus Route.
Stop CTA Service Cuts
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A rally against mass transit service cuts in [...]
31st Street Bus receives 3rd most comments at RTA Hearings
Bus service for 31st Street is Priority #3 for the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) , officials said Thursday at the October RTA Board meeting.
RTA’s Sr. Deputy Executive Director, Leanne Redden outlined RTA’s priorities as Chicago’s transit system faces massive budget shortfalls.
The first priority is to address [...]
CTA Circle Line Plan Makes Rounds
Some residents fear losing homes to construction
By Sue-Lyn Erbeck, Special to the Tribune
Friday, October 9, 2009
Plans for the long-awaited Circle Line, which would link CTA and Metra rail lines in Chicago’s growing central area, are a step closer to being realized after the Chicago Transit Authority completed its analysis of [...]
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