ktwhitehead.bsky.social
@ktwhitehead.bsky.social
CTA External Affairs. Village of Brookfield Trustee. Formerly RTA and Active Transportation Alliance.
July was a HUGE month for @divvybikes.bsky.social ! 🚲 ✅1M+ rides - a new monthly record ✅Busiest day ever, with 47,400+ trips on July 11 ✅New stations near popular lakefront destinations ✅New charging station outside the Obama Presidential Center www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
chicago.gov
I wrote about this NYC congestion pricing study earlier this year, noting that most driving time savings accrues to people who never venture into the zone at all (i.e., driving within Queens or Long Island). IOW some of the most vociferous critics of CP are among its biggest beneficiaries.
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
bloomberg.com
Ah yes, new homes, famously associated with blight
Abundant Housing Illinois@abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 5d ago"This isn't blighted, they're going to make it blighted. If the developer has its way, it's not going to be 3 stories or 4 stories, which is the zoning. It's going 6 stories, three 6-story buildings," said Save Downtown Northbrook organizer Susan Nelson. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/n...
