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 [...]

For Immediate Release
Attention:  News Assignment

PRESS RELEASE

Contacts:

Michael Pitula

Community Organizer

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

773-762-6991

publictransit[AT]lvejo[dot]org

CTA IGNORES 31ST STREET

Bus riders experience 13 year wait for bus to arrive.
WHAT/WHEN: Wed, Aug 10th, 2011

10:00 am public comment at CTA Board Meeting, 2nd Floor
Press conference immediately following Board Meeting, outside on sidewalk.

WHERE: CTA, 567 [...]

Senate Hearing: Public Transportation: Priorities and Challenges for Reauthorization

You can watch online via the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Website.

Thursday, May 19, 2011
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

The witness on Panel I will be:  The Honorable Peter Rogoff,
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The witnesses on
Panel II will be:  [...]

I found the information of the the new Morgan Street Station (Green and Pink Line) on the Internet.

Check out this website I found.

Thanks, Alfie

50th Anniversary of the First Freedom Ride: New Documentary Recounts Historic 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System in the Deep South.

Transit Meeting
Saturday May 7th at 10am
El Pollo Real
3823 W 31st Street
Agenda Items
Proposed 31st Street Bus Service
IWW Bus Coop

DC Visit
Freedom Riders
National Train Day

The Transportation Situation #1

Little Village - This week I spoke to a couple bus riders who have been having problems with bus service in Little Village.

A student travelling north from Marquette Park to Little Village complained of a 25 minute wait Monday afternoon for a 20 minute bus ride. When they got off the bus, they [...]