LVEJO’s efforts to improve public transit Published in Institutions & Infrastructures on April 15, 2010 by Mackel Garrison
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 [...]
July 9, 2010 meeting. LVEJO Transit organizer, Mike Pitula, assisted 3 people set up a blog. ^ people were able to attend the meeting.
The LVEJO transit meeting overviewed:
-LVEJO’s participation in the US Social Forum
-Saw the article on the rally for next week (July 14, 2010 at 10:00am at CTA Headquarters Building 567 W. Lake.
For more info [...]
Bus, rail unions rally for more U.S. transit funding
March 29, 2010 – SUN-TIMES STAFF
Transit unions representing bus and rail workers are organizing rallies around the country in the next few weeks to
push for more federal funding for public transit.
Operation PUSH hosted a rally for more than [...]
RALLY / TRANSIT SUMMIT FOR FUNDING!!
Funding is the only SOLUTION!
lnternational President Warren George.
ATU Local 308 President Robert Kelly and ATU Local 241 P resident Darrell Jefferson and others will be in attendance
ATU Representatives will be there from around the country
When: March 27th
Where: Rainbow Push Goalition Headquarters
930 E. 50th Street [...]
A rally against mass transit service cuts in Chicago took place on Dec. 9, 2009. Carlos Acevedo, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, told a large protest crowd in front of CTA headquarters: “It seems the riding public gets numb to it because it seems not to happen, they get bailed [...]
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 [...]
A two-part show
On CAN TV Chicago cable tv Channel 19:
Thurs., Feb. 18, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 19, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Feb. 25, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 26, 4:30 pm
On Evanston Cable Channel 6:
Mon., March 1, 5:30 pm
Wed., March 3, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 6, 12:30 am
Mon., March 8, 5:30 pm
Wed. March 10, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 13, 12:30 am
1. Rally [...]
We’ve had a couple updates from riders on how the Doomsday is affecting them. So far here is what we’ve heard:
One rider from the Art Institute to Little Village told us a one train, one bus trip that normally takes 40 minutes took an hour. There was a longer wait on both [...]
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