Monday, September 14th, 2009
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 74th [...]
Filed under: Accidents by Transit Justice
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
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 Villita (LVJEO) [...]
Filed under: 31st Street Bus, Accidents, CTA, Chicagoland, Letters to the CTA, New Ideas, Public Transportation, RTA, Trains, Transit Justice by Alfie Martin
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