Chicago Public Transit Organization » Events http://chicagopublictransit.org Better Public Transit for Equality, Jobs & a Stable Climate Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:01:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Who is Oscar Grant? http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/who-is-oscar-grant/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/who-is-oscar-grant/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:01:47 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=1094 Do you know who Oscar Grant is? Do you know what happened to him on the train platfrom in Oakland? Have you seen this on TV, in the newspaper, on the radio?

Check out Youth Radio’s Grant Station: A Killing and the Aftermath.

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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 [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/busy-building-buslines/feed/ 0 Tell Your Senators to Put People Back to Work on Transit Projects http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/tell-your-senators-to-put-people-back-to-work-on-transit-projects/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/tell-your-senators-to-put-people-back-to-work-on-transit-projects/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:55:17 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=1089 Tomorrow, July 20th, the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee will meet to discuss transit alocations for 2011. The 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill provides an opportunity to put people back to work through the appropriation of mass transit funds. [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/tell-your-senators-to-put-people-back-to-work-on-transit-projects/feed/ 0 Bicycle Mechanic Classes http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/bicycle-mechanic-classes/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/bicycle-mechanic-classes/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:12 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=1078 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 [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/bicycle-mechanic-classes/feed/ 0 Chicago Green Drinks Panel on Sustainable Transportation http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/chicago-green-drinks-panel-on-sustainable-transportation/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/07/chicago-green-drinks-panel-on-sustainable-transportation/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:56:59 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=1037 Chicago Green Drinks Panel on Sustainable Transportation[vimeo.com/7184121]

Chicago Green Drinks Panel on Sustainable Transportation from Foresight Design Initiative on Vimeo.

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