Sharon Hoyer
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Chicago Gets Low ‘People for Bikes’ Rating
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People for Bikes and the Active Transportation Alliance agree that Chicago should focus on lowering the default speed limit and building a network of protected bike lines to encourage more cycling.
Open Streets Promote Good Mental Health
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Urban design that makes space for residents to safely and easily interact with the outdoors and each other plays a major role in both physical and psychological well-being.
Transportation for America Panel: Bold vision is needed to achieve transit funding parity
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Panelists also agreed that connecting representatives with the real-life stories of their constituents is the most powerful way to build support for funding transit.
Buttigieg broadly commits to increased safety, equity, sustainability – details pending
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Buttigieg presented an ambitious vision for a more just and sustainable transportation system in the U.S. We’ll be eagerly following the funding, regulation and policy specifics of how this vision can be realized.
Police Chase Deaths Spur Rethinking of Policies
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In what circumstances does any immediate danger the suspect presents to the public outweigh the potential for endangering officers, suspects, and innocent bystanders?
Police chases killed 3 bystanders in Chicago last year – It’s time to rethink policies
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In what circumstances does any immediate danger the suspect presents to the public outweigh the potential for endangering officers, suspects, and innocent bystanders?
Chuy Garcia’s bill calls for four times the current amount of federal transit funding
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Advocates acknowledged the goals is ambitious and achieving parity is unlikely this year, but a strategy of aiming high could significantly move the funding needle during this window of opportunity.
Food, Mobility-Justice Advocates Join Forces at Chicago Summit
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Speakers discussed the relationship between safe conditions for pedestrians and good transit access with food security and nutrition.
From ATA’s Suburban Action Week: How to win bike-friendly roads in the ‘burbs
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"A lot of these projects last through multiple administrations. If advocacy groups can step up it really helps the project momentum.”
ATA Transit Equity Day forum focused on importance of transit access for economic recovery
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The panel also discussed how improving transit access in Black and Brown communities can help fight segregation and reduce violence.
Equity Summit Envisions Community-led Planning
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The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.
Loop Alliance October report shows decreased parking, increased CTA commuting
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Parking rates dipped from 80 percent down to 60 percent, and of the 54 survey respondents, almost 40 percent said they were using CTA trains or buses to get to work.