CBS's one-sided and misleading report about Archer Avenue is a great example of how *not* to cover a traffic safety project - Streetsblog Chicago Yesterday’s CBS Chicago report by Jermont Terry, “Brighton Park neighbors upset with traffic impact from bike lane project on Archer Avenue,” is a great example of how not to do a story about a traffi...

CBS's one-sided and misleading report about Archer Avenue is a great example of how *not* to cover a traffic safety project.

It's interesting how The Urban Center PAC claims to want safer communities, but doesn't want you to be able to safely cross the street.

The CTA map showing a gap in grey bus service lines at 18th Street between State and Michigan.

There is no bus at 18th and Wabash. The #18 uses Roosevelt east of the river, and Wabash has no bus route.

This lack of larger vehicles traveling through the intersection is part of why it was chosen to make a safer corridor for bikes to travel through.

Thank you, Santa, for riding the @chicagocta.bsky.social

Holiday art drawn by kids in the upper advertisement shelf of the bus.

We should have more childrens’ art put up in advertising bays.

A wreath around a sign with a gingerbread man saying “oh snap!” Affixed to the accordion folds of the articulated bus.

The perfect place for this was at the bendy pet of the bus.

Three accessible seats marked with a pictographs on alternating red and green seat covers.

Holiday-themed accessible seating!

A gingerbread Christmas village mode on the bus wheel well next to the front door.

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use Christmas Village is installed on the wheel well.

A kid waits to speak with Santa on the back of the CTA Holiday Bus

Kids meet a CTA operator dressed like a nutcracker aboard the Holiday Bus

I’m going to ask Santa for more bus priority lanes.

A panorama of the interior of the highly-decorated CTA Holiday Bus.

Here’s an extended view of the inside.

It’s the Most Wonderful Bus of the year!

Edvard Munch 😱

Best I can do is set an end date two years from now and then start the pilot in 18 months.

Uhhhhhh

“On Nov. 26, a TTC employee allegedly stabbed a customer after a verbal altercation, then was also stabbed by the customer, police say”

The point I am trying to make: This is a distraction that undermines the public conversation around adequate funding sources.

TTC should implement this quietly and get the money. If/when people complain about the ads, use the media to explain the real funding gap.

State-of-good-repair for "signals, electrical and communications assets within the subway system that are critical for the continuous, safe and reliable service
delivered by TTC subway trains" alone is $73.1M. That's more than double the $32M from current advertising.

Have you considered passing an ordinance to compel the city to hold a hearing to discuss implementing the pilot project developed after years or intragovernmental coordination following a stakeholder engagement session?

TransLink's Canada Line 🇨🇦 did a stacked cut-and-cover subway portion, which is great for elevator access.

Yassss cross platform interchange.

More revenue is helpful, but ads don't provide much. For two comparisons:

- NYC's MTA gets ~$175M from every part of its advertising, accounting for 0.9% of their $20B operation.

- TransLink is a bit higher, with ~$43M from (mostly) ads, accounting for 1.8% of their $2.4B operation.

Screenshot of the Illinois Sunshine database entry for "Urban Center PAC". Juan Rangel is listed as Treasurer, Robert Sylvester as Chair, and an address of 3757 S. Campbell Ave. Apt. 2, Chicago, IL 60632.

Google Maps screenshot highlighting the address of 3757 S. Campbell Ave. Apt. 2, Chicago, IL 60632. It is within one block of Archer Avenue, between Western and Pershing.

'The Urban Center' address is located next to the under-construction Archer Avenue complete streets project.

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Vallas co-runs the Urban Center PAC with infamous Juan Rangel.

Who’s behind those texts slamming Mayor Johnson and some progressive alders for their ‘snap curfew’ vote? • The TRiiBE A round of political text messages are circulating in Chicago after the mayor’s veto on a youth curfew ordinance. Experts say these campaigns are only going to increase from here.

That text is from "The Urban Center", a PAC controlled by Paul Vallas to criticize his former opponent and city council allies.

But keep in mind this is in front of the elevator for the CTA station that is closest to Access Living headquarters.

🙄

A slip lane at Franklin and Chicago Avenue, under the CTA Brown Line tracks. Screenshot of Google Streetview.

Yes. In the worst possible place.

A CTA #40 express bus to O’Hare travels under a taxi-ing plane with United livery. The bus is in Spirit of Chicago livery, with 3 doors and an articulated back 50%.

Bring back Chicago’s airport express bus!

(to connect to a Metra service with higher frequencies than NCS)

Couldn’t be.

Rouse Simmons - Wikipedia

Please nobody tell them about the history of Chicago Christmas Tree ships.

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2.7. Guiding Principles for Bicyclist Safety . SBLs reduced injury risk compared to standard bike lanes and shared lanes (Lusk et al., 2013; Lusk et al., 2011; NYCDOT, 2014; Winters et al., 2013) . SBLs preferred over striped or shared lanes by both cyclists and motorists (Monsere et al., 2014; Monsere et al., 2012; Sanders, 2014) . One-way SBLs generally safer than two-way SBLS (Schepers et al., 2011; Thomas & DeRobertis, 2013) . Two-way SBLs on one-way roads, preferable on right side (Schepers et al., 2011; Zangenehpour et al., 2015)

I look forward to all the new separated bike lanes on IDOT roadways following AASHTO guidance.