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Transit Justice
Written By: Transit Organizer on August 16, 2011
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Written By: Transit Organizer on August 11, 2011
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Chicago – After 2 months of public comment and letters falling on deaf ears, a group of young women from Little Village broke through to CTA about the need for a 31st Street Bus. Organizers with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Young Activists Organizing as Today’s [...]
Written By: Transit Organizer on August 8, 2011
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For Immediate Release
Attention: News Assignment
PRESS RELEASE
Contacts:
Michael Pitula
Community Organizer
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
773-762-6991
publictransit[AT]lvejo[dot]org
CTA IGNORES 31ST STREET
Bus riders experience 13 year wait for bus to arrive.
WHAT/WHEN: Wed, Aug 10th, 2011
10:00 am public comment at CTA Board Meeting, 2nd Floor
Press conference immediately following Board Meeting, outside on sidewalk.
WHERE: CTA, 567 [...]
Written By: Transit Organizer on May 4, 2011
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Written By: Transit Organizer on May 4, 2011
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Transit Meeting
Saturday May 7th at 10am
El Pollo Real
3823 W 31st Street
Agenda Items
Proposed 31st Street Bus Service
IWW Bus Coop
DC Visit
Freedom Riders
National Train Day
Written By: Transit Organizer on March 25, 2011
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The Transportation Situation #1
Little Village - This week I spoke to a couple bus riders who have been having problems with bus service in Little Village.
A student travelling north from Marquette Park to Little Village complained of a 25 minute wait Monday afternoon for a 20 minute bus ride. When they got off the bus, they [...]
Written By: Transit Organizer on February 23, 2011
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CHICAGO – Thursday, February 17, 2010, labor and community groups united in a downtown demonstration for transit – for jobs, service and clean air. The demonstration was part of a series of national actions coordinated by Transit Riders for Public Transportation – a national civil rights and environmental justice campaign to shape federal transportation policy.
Little [...]
Written By: Transit Organizer on December 1, 2010
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Google featured this link to honor Rosa Parks today.
Rosa Parks Google Logo Celebrates The Birth Of The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
