Members of the public cheered as the emphatic Dr. Lora Chamberlain addressed President Forrest Claypool, Chairman Terry Peterson, and the rest of the CTA board at Monday night’s public budget hearing. Dr. Lora raised her arms over her head to emphasize her statement, “Bus Rapid Transit is a bad idea!” Most all of the room [...]

CTA wins grant for bus rapid transit experiment – chicagotribune.com.

Alderman Munoz pushing for community hospital

It’s election time and Ald Ricardo Munoz has big plans.  Moving St. Anthony’s Hospital to 31st Street would mean a boost in ridership for the proposed 31st Street Bus.

CTA rehiring nearly half of those laid off last year :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State.

The Chicago IWW and LVEJO have been looking into what it would take to form a worker self-managed, community-controlled transit cooperative to run bus service along the 31st St. corridor.  We are exploring the possibility of a better service, owned by those who operate it, with union-scale wages and benefits, for less [...]

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was recently awareded $2.2 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to purchase 2 new all-electric buses for their fleet. These vehicles will be tested to ensure quality service on regular routes and are the standard 40-feet long. The buses are completely battery operated. This project is part of [...]

Alfie Martin got some shots of Soldier Field.  This should give folks a sense of what they can connect to with the proposed new 31st Street Bus Route

Getting ready for the 31st Street bus to go pass the Soldier Field to see Chicago Bears!!!!!!!!!

my name is Ramiro L. i am a community organizer for the Little Village Environmental Justice organization. i also have a part time job as a security guard at soldier field, i

find it difficult and time consuming to get to work, i take the homan bus to the pink line, heading towards the loop, [...]