Chicago Public Transit Organization

By Sarah Severson
As part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s recent cutbacks, on Feb. 7 the 103-year-old Archer Garage at 2600 W. Pershing Rd. ceased operations. Also last month, the CTA cut service by implementing less frequent runs on 119 bus routes and seven of the CTA’s eight rail lines; reducing hours on [...]

Filed under: Accidents, CTA, Chicagoland, Public Transportation, Transit Justice, bus by king1028skwirl
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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 mention [...]

Filed under: CTA, Chicagoland, Public Transportation, Transit Justice, paratransit by Transit Justice
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Chicago, Jan. 18, 2010
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A coalition of public workers targeted several locations in Chicago’s Loop to dramatize the areas of the public sector that are being dismantled by corporation-controlled government.
To commemorate Martin Luther King day, on Jan. 18, 2010, Public Workers Unite began at Chicago Transit Authority headquarters, then marched to [...]

Filed under: CTA, Chicagoland, Public Transportation, RTA, Trains, Transit Justice by king1028skwirl
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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 [...]

Filed under: CTA, Environmental Justice, Trains, Transit Justice, bus by Transit Justice
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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. [...]

Filed under: Chicagoland, Public Transportation by Transit Justice
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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
To watch this on YouTube, click here:

A rally against mass transit service cuts in [...]

Filed under: 31st Street Bus, CTA, Chicagoland, Environmental Justice, Public Transportation, Trains, Transit Justice, bus by Transit Justice
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