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Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit. 🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌 linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Free learn-to-ride lessons are happening next Sat. 7/18 at Percy Julian H.S. If you or any #Chicago adult or teen you know wants to learn to ride a bike, this is a good opportunity. Close to 103rd/Vincennes Rock Island Metra station. #bikechi @activetransportation.org @betterstreetschicago.org
I wrote to my alder, finance committee vice chair Conway, about this bad plan that invests in more cars and driving, and $0 in transit
Chicago is about to spend millions on a new parking garage and nothing on transit at The 78
This week I asked my alderperson to defer the finance committee’s vote on a massive funding package that would have the city own a parking garage while at the same time making zero investment…
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Better Streets Chicago@betterstreetschicago.org · 4w ago🚨 Urge your alder to hit the brakes on The 78 TIF! 🚨 Instead of investing in public transit like in the original 2019 plans, the City is now trying to ram through $216 million in public subsidies for a parking garage, with little transparency on the impact nor what public benefit this will provide.
🚨 Urge your alder to hit the brakes on The 78 TIF! 🚨 Instead of investing in public transit like in the original 2019 plans, the City is now trying to ram through $216 million in public subsidies for a parking garage, with little transparency on the impact nor what public benefit this will provide.
Literally what are we doing here?
Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 4w agoBetter Streets Chicago Executive Director Kyle Lucas provided a statement about Mayor Johnson nominating current CTA Board President Lest Barclay, who previously expressed skepticism about NITA, for the new CTA and NITA boards. We've added it to our post. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/07/07/c...
So we CAN #PlowTheSidewalks. The original pilot was $1.5-3m. The reduced pilot was budgeted for at $500k, but rejected after Mayor Johnson forced it to be legislated anyway.
Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · last mo.Chicago closed the books on 2025 with an unassigned balance of $52 million — up from zero in its operating checkbook — thanks to spending controls and higher than expected revenues.
❌ Today, for a second quarter in a row, City Council has ghosted CTA at the quarterly hearings THEY mandated by law. This is profoundly unacceptable, particularly as we are rapidly racing toward a critical deadline for NITA board appointments that will have to be approved by Council.
Bike-a-palooza is coming up quick! Join us at Welles Park this Sunday, June 28th, from 5-8pm, for lots of bike fun, from test rides of bikes and ebikes to safety tips and a whole lot more!
The deal also pumps millions of dollars into renovating the terminal — and saves the half-million people who use the station each year from potentially being kicked to curbside bus service.
Greyhound bus terminal will soon be public-owned as City Council approves $19M purchase
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Victory! After years of advocacy, Chicago City Council just voted 38-10 to save and fix the intercity bus terminal. This brings the City of Chicago’s intercity bus service into the future and solidifies our place as a major transportation hub in the Midwest. elpc.org/news/chicago...
🎉 It's official, we saved Chicago's intercity bus terminal! Today, Chicago City Council voted to purchase our former Greyhound terminal to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal. This is a massive victory, and a testament to the years of organizing that brought us here today!
We still need your help in urging the City of Chicago to buy its intercity bus terminal before the ordinance moves to full council for final approval on Wednesday, June 17! Email your alder using this easy form from our partners at Better Streets Chicago. Then pass it along to a friend!
Urge your Alderperson to support a municipally-owned intercity bus terminal! - Better Streets Chicago
In 2024, we came dangerously close to losing Chicago's Greyhound terminal. Just like other cities across the nation, the station had come under ownership of private equity and Greyhound's lease was…
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As our community continues to grieve the loss of Riley O’Neil, we joined @sashaannsimons.bsky.social on @wbez.org to discuss how we can make our streets safer — and prevent further tragedies like this from happening again.
Chicagoans, please take a few seconds to fill your info, they send an email automatically you don't even have to do it!
Better Streets Chicago@betterstreetschicago.org · 2mo ago🎉 BIG NEWS – today the Committee on Housing & Real Estate has officially approved the purchase of 630 W Harrison to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal! This now goes to full council for final approval. We need you to contact your alderperson today urging them to get the job done!
I’m currently in the lobby at this bus station. My weekend trip to visit family in Ohio cost $110, far cheaper than renting a car (~$400) or flying (~$300) and more convenient than Amtrak (arrives in Cleveland at 5am). Bus travel is great, actually, and we should make it easy and popular!
Better Streets Chicago@betterstreetschicago.org · 2mo ago🎉 BIG NEWS – today the Committee on Housing & Real Estate has officially approved the purchase of 630 W Harrison to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal! This now goes to full council for final approval. We need you to contact your alderperson today urging them to get the job done!
We’re so close. Keep putting on the pressure so Chicago buys its bus terminal! Intercity buses are an essential public service, especially for low-income people. Even once we have a high-speed rail network, intercity buses will be needed.
Better Streets Chicago@betterstreetschicago.org · 2mo agoBut time is ticking, and the longer council waits, the closer we get to losing this vital transportation resource. Take 60 seconds and use our tool to contact your Alderperson today!
🎉 BIG NEWS – today the Committee on Housing & Real Estate has officially approved the purchase of 630 W Harrison to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal! This now goes to full council for final approval. We need you to contact your alderperson today urging them to get the job done!
Urge your Alderperson to support a municipally-owned intercity bus terminal! - Better Streets Chicago
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A ride and vigil honoring CDOT worker Riley O'Neil was held in Bridgeport. He died after being hit by a vehicle in an unprotected bike lane, the very kind he dedicated his career to replacing. Find this story on CBSChicago.com.
The bicyclist killed in a fatal Bridgeport traffic crash Friday was a Chicago Department of Transportation employee who had devoted much of his career to bike infrastructure, according to the city agency and others who knew him.
Bicyclist killed in Bridgeport crash was CDOT employee devoted to bike infrastructure
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Our hearts go out to the CDOT complete streets team and all those who knew and loved Riley. We will honor Riley’s memory by continuing to fight for the safe streets he deserved — and that he spent his time in service to our community trying to win.
David Powe@davidpowe.bsky.social · 2mo agoCDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word
Riley was one of the few people you meet in public service that was always positive, always kind, and always believing he could play a role in making something better. When you find a magic Riley rack that is still free Divvy parking, Riley left it there for you. 💙🚲
David Powe@davidpowe.bsky.social · 2mo agoCDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word
CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word
Like we said a long time ago: Fund transit, not stadiums.
Transportation advocates urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums — Better Streets Chicago
Like many Chicagoans, the recent unveiling of the Chicago Bears’ controversial plan for a new lakefront stadium has left transportation advocates with far more questions than answers. With a projected...
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Star:Line Chicago@starlinechicago.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The Greyhound station has been in service since the late 1980s and serves about 500,000 people a year," which is exactly the same number of people as a sold-out Soldier Field for eight home Bears games
🎉🚇🚌 It’s official! The Northern Illinois Transit Authority is here, ushering in a new era of public transit for our region. Take the pledge to keep fighting for transit and email your legislators urging them to keep the promise of NITA at savetransit.org
🎉 Today the City took another big step forward in saving our intercity bus terminal, as the Committee on Finance unanimously approved an amendment to the Canal/Congress TIF to include the current Greyhound Terminal in the district. This is a critical first step towards municipal ownership!
From Us: the Editorial Board needs to stop being shills for the automotive and fossil fuel industries that have locked us into a transportation system that’s only 2nd to guns in how many people it kills every year.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 3mo agoFrom the Editorial Board: Bike activists need to stop demonizing Chicago drivers.
This is IDOT, the same agency that wants to do giant swaths of lake infill to straighten out its lakefront expressway so people can speed even faster — only increasing runoff and particulate pollution.
WBEZ@wbez.org · 3mo agoAn ongoing dispute between two Illinois state agencies over endangered species protections is testing how a tiny fish — the paper clip-sized bigeye shiner — will endure.
The sw side is making the news this month. Unfortunately it’s because of all the high-speed crashes on our major streets. Eight crashes over a roughly eight-week span, with 25% of the people involved dead. Please pray for the families grieving a loss; they need strength and support right now.
1 dead, 3 injured in crash in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side
A crash left one person dead and three others injured in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side early Monday.
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On the left is @illinoisdot.bsky.social’s goals. They greenwash with pretty renderings, but we know better.
Daniel Moser@dmoser.bsky.social · 3mo agoPollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Today we joined @maryldixon.bsky.social and @pksmid.bsky.social on @wbez.org to discuss safety on public transit and answer caller questions about how we ensure everyone feels safe and comfortable and has access to the resources they need. Take a listen!
What would make you feel safer on the CTA?
Security presence on the CTA will change after the agency ends its unarmed guard contract.
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