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Written By: Transit Justice on March 14, 2010 No Comment
CTA Archer Garage closes amid economic concerns

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 [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on September 14, 2009 One Comment

Got off a streetcar and killed by a motor car.  A metaphor for our age.

110 years ago today, Henry Hale Bliss (June 13, 1830 – September 14, 1899) was the first person killed in a motor vehicle accident in the Western Hemisphere. On September 13, 1899 he was disembarking from a streetcar at West [...]

Written By: Alfie Martin on August 25, 2009 No Comment

Por Jaime J. Reyes HOY   | August 13, 2009
Decepcionado reaccionó un grupo de residentes y activistas del suroeste de Chicago después de que autoridades de transporte dijeron carecer de fondos para reinstaurar el servicio de autobús sobre 31st St.

Ayer, el grupo de vecinos y miembros de la Organización de Justicia Ambiental de La [...]

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