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Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/p/chicago-2100-demand-a-world-class-transit-future
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Tell the city NO to 70% cuts to safe streets funding!
Mayor Johnson's bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure to the tune of 70% – directly putting our communities' safety in jeopardy. Take a moment to email him and your Alderperson to tell the...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Car-Dependence is Killing Us: Saving Chicago’s Complete Streets is Step 1, read here about the reduction in funding and why we need to prioritize safe streets
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Car-Dependence is Killing Us: Saving Chicago’s Complete Streets is Step 1
Sign the Chicago 2100 Petition and Advocate for a less car-dependent ChicagoClick to Send a Message to Chicago Leadership demanding Safe Complete Streets!Modern life in America is notoriously hitched ...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Car-Dependence is Killing Us: Saving Chicago’s Complete Streets is Step 1, read here about the reduction in funding and why we need to prioritize safe streets
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Please fill out the surveys. They really do work.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
It's your turn! | Engage with CMAP
Whether you drive, roll, walk, or take public transit, we invite you to share your current experiences and future aspirations getting around northeastern Illinois. By answering the following 20+ quest...
engage.cmap.illinois.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Please fill out the surveys. They really do work.
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Headlines: Driver fatally struck ex-Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, 11/26 around 5:15 PM while he was walking by by Salt Creek Trail; "Chicago's Housing Crunch: Transit is the Answer" blog post by Daniel Gentile; "Dash Through the Snowy Days of December Aboard the CTA."
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Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 5 - Streetsblog Chicago
• “Chicago’s Housing Crunch: Transit is the Answer” blog post by Daniel Gentile, includes link to “Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future” petition • CBS Chicago ran an extremely one-sided ...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Headlines: Driver fatally struck ex-Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, 11/26 around 5:15 PM while he was walking by by Salt Creek Trail; "Chicago's Housing Crunch: Transit is the Answer" blog post by Daniel Gentile; "Dash Through the Snowy Days of December Aboard the CTA."
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I think the distinction is important: we nerds are not against investing $444 million in station upgrades, we are against investing $444 million in station upgrades but only getting a single station upgraded
If you unveil a new train station and every transit nerd on this website lines up to call you an idiot, they are right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I think the distinction is important: we nerds are not against investing $444 million in station upgrades, we are against investing $444 million in station upgrades but only getting a single station upgraded
BLOG: Chicago's Housing Crunch, Transit is the Answer
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There’s no question Chicago is experiencing a housing crisis. Avg rents are climbing, so how do we fix it? Selective policy choice is a start, read more...
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There’s no question Chicago is experiencing a housing crisis. Avg rents are climbing, so how do we fix it? Selective policy choice is a start, read more...
Chicago's Housing Crunch: Transit is the Answer
Sign the Chicago 2100 Petition: Improve Transit and Promote TOD to Escape the Housing CrunchThere’s no question Chicago, like many other cities in the US, is experiencing a housing crisis. Average ren...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BLOG: Chicago's Housing Crunch, Transit is the Answer
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There’s no question Chicago is experiencing a housing crisis. Avg rents are climbing, so how do we fix it? Selective policy choice is a start, read more...
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There’s no question Chicago is experiencing a housing crisis. Avg rents are climbing, so how do we fix it? Selective policy choice is a start, read more...
Yes, we need Metra to serve as regional rail, not just commuter oriented. People need to be able to use a service reliably, and conveniently, for their trips
A not so radical thought:
If all Metra train stops operated 7 days a week with weekend schedules that ensured someone who took the next to last train one way had 4 hours until the last one back, it would alter the culture of the region.
If all Metra train stops operated 7 days a week with weekend schedules that ensured someone who took the next to last train one way had 4 hours until the last one back, it would alter the culture of the region.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes, we need Metra to serve as regional rail, not just commuter oriented. People need to be able to use a service reliably, and conveniently, for their trips
Community support makes or breaks projects, but is a corridor study enough to garner support for a necessary project? Read the latest blog post about the CTA Priority Corridor Bus Study danielthomasgentil.wixsite.com/chicago2100/...
Is the CTA Bus Priority Corridor Study Enough?
Sign the Petition for Chicago 2100, and fight for more than just 5 corridorsOn Dec 1, the CTA hosted a community involvement event to give feedback on their new Bus Priority Corridor Study. I attended...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Community support makes or breaks projects, but is a corridor study enough to garner support for a necessary project? Read the latest blog post about the CTA Priority Corridor Bus Study danielthomasgentil.wixsite.com/chicago2100/...
Yes it really is the best way to get around and avoid dangerous driving. If only we plowed the sidewalks too!
Transit should be at forefront of any climate resiliency plan. Take snow. A bus is heavy and piloted by a trained driver; much safer in snow (or heavy rainfall) than the relatively light vehicles driven by civilians. Bus riders take vehicles off the streets, which speeds plowing, emergency response.
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yes it really is the best way to get around and avoid dangerous driving. If only we plowed the sidewalks too!
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This is the future Mayor Johnson and City Council are keeping from you. #PlowTheSidewalks
I know that many other cities don’t plow their sidewalks, leaving it up to property owners. This is completely crazy to me.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is the future Mayor Johnson and City Council are keeping from you. #PlowTheSidewalks
There's too many NIMBYs that deny basic correlation, that building more housing leads to more price affordability
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There's too many NIMBYs that deny basic correlation, that building more housing leads to more price affordability
We should be doing everything in our power to make our roads safer, for road users and pedestrians alike. It destroys families, and reducing the speed limit with better enforcement is a great start
Pedestrians suffered highest number of hit-and-run crashes, 42% of them. In 64% of pedestrian fatality cases, the driver was piloting a larger vehicle such as an SUV, pickup truck, or van. IDOT-controlled roads remain among the most dangerous. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/k...
Key findings from CDOT's annual Chicago Traffic Crashes report - Streetsblog Chicago
The Chicago Department of Transportation’s recently released annual Chicago Traffic Crashes report looks at data from the past several years and discusses the agency’s plan of action to reduce prevent...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We should be doing everything in our power to make our roads safer, for road users and pedestrians alike. It destroys families, and reducing the speed limit with better enforcement is a great start
Would LOVE to see this, and many more BRT routes identified in the Chicago 2100 plan. Sign the petition and lets get the ball rolling on these first couple www.change.org/Chicago2100
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Would LOVE to see this, and many more BRT routes identified in the Chicago 2100 plan. Sign the petition and lets get the ball rolling on these first couple www.change.org/Chicago2100
I don't understand how NIMBY's think we'll escape the housing crisis, where rents take up an exorbitant amount of people's income. Mandating affordable units has not worked so far, promoting new development and increasing supply is the answer, there are real world examples
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don't understand how NIMBY's think we'll escape the housing crisis, where rents take up an exorbitant amount of people's income. Mandating affordable units has not worked so far, promoting new development and increasing supply is the answer, there are real world examples
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Yes, while there may be an element of overcompensation on Gardiner's part, data shows that we need to make the CTA be and feel safer. Here are some public safety strategies included in Illinois' new transit reform/funding bill that passed last month.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes, while there may be an element of overcompensation on Gardiner's part, data shows that we need to make the CTA be and feel safer. Here are some public safety strategies included in Illinois' new transit reform/funding bill that passed last month.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/04/e...
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Read our blog post detailing the case for Chicago 2100, danielthomasgentil.wixsite.com/chicago2100/...
The Case for Chicago 2100
Chicago’s transit just barely overcame a drastic fiscal cliff, now with the passing of Illinois bill SB2111, we can imagine and shape its future. The Chicago 2100 plan is ambitious, yet incrementally...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Read our blog post detailing the case for Chicago 2100, danielthomasgentil.wixsite.com/chicago2100/...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Sure sounds like current board members are actively trying to sabotage the hard-fought #RevenuesAndReform of SB2111 through an amendatory veto.
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sure sounds like current board members are actively trying to sabotage the hard-fought #RevenuesAndReform of SB2111 through an amendatory veto.
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
Road death is so indiscriminate, really an underdiscussed killer that destroys families and dishes out crippling injuries. Obviously there is NO good solution to replacing driving, right?
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Road death is so indiscriminate, really an underdiscussed killer that destroys families and dishes out crippling injuries. Obviously there is NO good solution to replacing driving, right?
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Make @stormykara.bsky.social proud and attend a bus priority meeting!
One is tonight in Gage Park, the rest are after Thanksgiving.
One is tonight in Gage Park, the rest are after Thanksgiving.
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Make @stormykara.bsky.social proud and attend a bus priority meeting!
One is tonight in Gage Park, the rest are after Thanksgiving.
One is tonight in Gage Park, the rest are after Thanksgiving.
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I believe in the absolute sense this is true, but the structure of our housing market is such that we’ve suppressed so much walkable housing by zoning, regulations, and NIMBYism that it’s irrelevant. Anyone who wants to affordably live in an auto-dominated environment can; the inverse is not true.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I believe in the absolute sense this is true, but the structure of our housing market is such that we’ve suppressed so much walkable housing by zoning, regulations, and NIMBYism that it’s irrelevant. Anyone who wants to affordably live in an auto-dominated environment can; the inverse is not true.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Headlines: Outrage after driver who killed Darren Lucas, 59, while TikTokking in Zion asks for donations; RTA: What does transit bill mean for riders? Petition: "Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future."
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Today's Headlines for Wednesday, November 12 - Streetsblog Chicago
• “Illinois legislators pass landmark transit funding and reform bill, averting fiscal cliff. What does it mean for riders?” (RTA) • Petition: “Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future” • Out...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Headlines: Outrage after driver who killed Darren Lucas, 59, while TikTokking in Zion asks for donations; RTA: What does transit bill mean for riders? Petition: "Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future."
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Chicago deserves, world-class transit. Sign the petition now and make your voice heard! www.change.org/Chicago2100
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Chicago deserves, world-class transit. Sign the petition now and make your voice heard! www.change.org/Chicago2100
UPDATE: Chicago’s transit just barely overcame a drastic fiscal cliff, now with the passing of Illinois bill SB2111, we can imagine and shape its future. Sign the petition and demand world class transit! www.change.org/p/chicago-21...
Sign the Petition
Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future
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November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
UPDATE: Chicago’s transit just barely overcame a drastic fiscal cliff, now with the passing of Illinois bill SB2111, we can imagine and shape its future. Sign the petition and demand world class transit! www.change.org/p/chicago-21...