Chicago Public Transit Organization » New Ideas http://chicagopublictransit.org Better Public Transit for Equality, Jobs & a Stable Climate Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:49:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Chicago Clean Air and Water Show http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/09/chicago-clean-air-water-show-2/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/09/chicago-clean-air-water-show-2/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:34:30 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=1134 Stay tuned for updates on the Chicago Clean Air and Water Show. It was a hit. We had 30 riders on the 31st Street Bus Route to the beach.

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Cosponsors – Little Village Environmental Justice Organization – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 – EcoJustice Collaborative – IWW GMB OC -  Nuclear Energy Information Service – Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization – Rainforest Action Network Chicago – Southeast Environmental Task Force – [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/08/chicago-clean-air-water-show/feed/ 0 FREE FILM: Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/06/free-film-blueprint-america-beyond-the-motor-city/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/06/free-film-blueprint-america-beyond-the-motor-city/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:46:16 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=964

]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/06/free-film-blueprint-america-beyond-the-motor-city/feed/ 0 Good Friday Walk For Justice (4-2-10) http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/05/good-friday-walk-for-justice-4-2-10/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/05/good-friday-walk-for-justice-4-2-10/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:29:04 +0000 Alfie Martin http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=877 Trouble the water. LVEJO presented Station 3 Burdens.

The crowd prayed down hecklers to call for environmental and labor justice.

http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=871 New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler is emerging as the engine powering an increase in transit funding.  The UTU is working closely with Nadler and others in Congress who recognize how essential public transit is to America’s working families.

Nadler’s Brooklyn and lower Manhattan district is one of the most densely populated in America, and as [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2010/04/utu-helping-lead-transit-funding-fight/feed/ 0