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We’re at Sundays on State today talking with Chicagoans about how creating #CommunityBlocks can make our streets safer and our neighborhoods vibrant hubs for community to thrive! Stop by, say hi, and tell us how you would like to make your neighborhood streets safer!

Thanks to the hundreds of people who emailed the committee their support, and the volunteers who stayed 2 hours for a meeting that started late to voice their support in public comment! The CTA Ashland Bus extension was approved out of committee! 🎉

We’re excited to be making our return to Sundays on State this Sunday, July 14th! Come stop by our booth by Macy’s to learn about our #CommunityBlocks campaign, help us reimagine what’s possible with our streets, and enjoy all the festivities of this marquee event!

🚨Action Alert!🚨 CTA has proposed to extend the Ashland Bus north to Lawrence, connecting thousands more Chicagoans to jobs and new transfers to the UP-North Metra, and 71 & 81 buses. Send an email to City Council urging them to support this extension — it only takes 30 seconds with our tool!

Urge the Committee on Transportation and Public Way to support the Ashland Bus Extensionactionnetwork.org CTA recently shared the exciting news that it is proposing to extend the Ashland Bus north from it's current terminus at Clark/Irving Park Rd up to Lawrence. This extension would create new connection...

Join us on Sunday, July 28th from 2-4pm for our 2024 Better Streets Summer Bash! Come help us celebrate our wins this year, share some exciting updates, and meet lots of like-minded folks! Get your tickets➡️ bit.ly/BSCbash24

Today, we went before the RTA board to express our concerns about IDOT’s plans for DuSable Lake Shore Drive, urging the need for investments in dedicated transit priority across the full corridor. We were grateful to hear Chairman Kirk Dillard express his shared concern. 1/5

🚨Tomorrow!🚨 CTA is looking to extend the Ashland bus north to the Ravenswood Metra station! Join tomorrow us at 6pm for a virtual community meeting to support this exciting project! Sign up➡️ bit.ly/ashlandbus

You made your voice heard in demanding better for Chicago & Halsted and CDOT went back to the drawing board. Join us TONIGHT from 4:30–6pm at the Bucktown-Wicker Park Library (1701 N Milwaukee) as they share updated designs for the intersection!

Chicago & Halsted Community Meeting · Better Streets Chicagomobilize.us Many of you helped us push back against the Chicago Department of Transportation's designs for the Chicago Ave River Bridge and Chicago & Halsted Viaduct project – and because of you, CDOT is presenti...

Our hearts go out to the family of Xyaire Askew. No family should ever have to experience the loss of a child. Xyaire deserved neighborhood streets that allowed him to experience joy and community in safety. We owe our children so much more. #SafeStreetsForAll

Relatives grieve death of 4-year-old hit by pickup: ‘He met no strangers, friendly with everybody’chicago.suntimes.com Relatives remember Xyaire Askew as a friendly child, who loved to dance and go on walks with family. “I will forever miss him,” his great-grandmother said.

Today is a monumental day for our #PlowTheSidewalks campaign as Chicago takes a significant step toward becoming the largest city in the United States to pilot a sidewalk plowing program! 🎉 Learn more➡️ betterstreetschicago.org/plow-the-sidewalks

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“Pulling CTA operators from their regular routes to a specified task that doesn’t serve all of Chicago is of tremendous concern,” said Kyle Lucas, with the transportation advocacy group Better Streets Chicago. “And what will service look like for everyday people during that time?”

CTA could provide up to 250 buses for use during the DNC. Will that leave enough for regular bus service?www.chicagotribune.com The CTA, still short on staff, agreed to provide up to 250 buses and the staff to run them to the DNC.

BIG NEWS: Today the Illinois Senate passed SR825 unanimously, joining the Illinois House in calling on the Illinois Department of Transportation to make DuSable Lake Shore Drive a true boulevard – not a highway! 🎉 This sends a clear message to IDOT that their current plans are unacceptable.

“CTA’s problems are not just a funding problem. There’s a lack of public accountability within the agency and a culture that is dismissive of public concern.” We need #RevenuesAndReform — and new leadership.

Chicago Is Tired of Waiting for Trains, and Thinks It Knows Who’s to Blamewww.nytimes.com The Chicago City Council is expected to seek the public transit chief’s ouster as the system wrestles with financial woes, sluggish service and crime complaints since the pandemic.

Advocates tell mayor: Fund transit, not stadiums www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chi...

Advocates tell mayor: Fund transit, not stadiumswww.chicagobusiness.com As Johnson pushes for public funding to help pay for the Bears’ revamped lakefront home, transit advocates are urging him to invest in the region’s distressed public transit system instead.

We’re joined by Active Transportation Alliance, @bikegridnow.org, @ctaction.org, Equiticity, Metropolitan Planning Council, Southwest Collective, and Urban Environmentalists IL in a letter urging Mayor Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums. Read the full statement:

Transportation advocates urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums — Better Streets Chicagowww.betterstreetschicago.org

Join us at Sulzer Library on Saturday, May 4th at 11:30am for our spring update on the DLSD campaign! Learn about some of the outcomes from our noise study, updates on progress, advocacy, and legislation, as well as upcoming volunteer opportunities!

DLSD Volunteer Spring Update · Better Streets Chicagomobilize.us Join us for a spring update on our DLSD campaign! Learn about some of the preliminary outcomes from our noise study, updates on progress, advocacy, and legislation, as well as upcoming volunteer oppor...

Introducing our public meetings database! Public meetings are one of the few opportunities that Chicagoans have for direct engagement with City agencies & decision makers on projects, but many are unable to attend & they're difficult to keep track of. ➡️ betterstreetschicago.org/public-meetings

We were proud to stand alongside Sen. Villivalam, Rep. Delgado, and a broad coalition of transportation, environmental, civic, and community organizations today as they announced the introduction of the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act.

Sidewalks are the most fundamental component of our transportation system. Chicago’s over reliance on the sidewalk shared cost program exacerbates inequities in access. We fund what we prioritize, and it’s time for Chicago to prioritize sidewalks.

Who Decides Which Chicago Sidewalks Get Repaired? Patchwork ofnews.wttw.com Bad sidewalks can be found all across Chicago, but the slow pace in getting them repaired is tied to a lack of funding and the city’s complaint-based approach to maintenance, experts say. While a shar...

We were devastated learning of the tragic killing of Dexter Reed. As members of the Free2Move coalition, we've joined the call for an end to pretextual traffic stops. Read the full Free2Move statement & learn more about Impact for Equity’s 2023 report: betterstreetschicago.org/f2m-dexter-reed

“What we choose to build will either encourage thousands of Chicagoans to embrace public transit and micro-mobility or abandon it altogether.” Ald. La Spata is exactly right! CDOT must shift its priorities at Chicago/Halsted — and citywide.

Opinion: A street redesign that skips bike and bus lanes says a lot about the whole citywww.chicagobusiness.com Redoing the Chicago and Halsted intersection will determine how people move through these corridors — and where we're moving as a city, writes a council member.

Thanks to the 845 people who signed witness slips in support of Rep. Kam Buckner’s HR438! It sailed out of committee today, setting the stage for the House to send a clear message to IDOT that Chicagoans deserve nothing but the best — which they’re currently not offering.

🚨Action Alert🚨 Take action by 3pm on Wednesday April 10th by filling out a witness slip to tell committee members you support resolution HR438 – which urges IDOT to turn DLSD into a true boulevard! Fill out a witness slip ➡️ betterstreetschicago.org/blog/urge-legsislators-support-hr438

It might have eclipsed 🌒 your memory yesterday, but that’s ok there’s still time! If you support transforming DLSD into a boulevard and think IDOT’s plan to build an interstate-highway on the lakefront is unacceptable, take a minute to do this simple action today! ⬇️

Five pedestrians and cyclists killed on Pulaski alone in the last 9 months. The Illinois Department of Transportation has designed roads that are killing us, and they keep standing in the way of the improvements we know will stop the carnage because of obsolete standards and bogus traffic models.

🚨TOMORROW🚨 Join us and @ctaaction at City Hall at 9:30am to hold CTA leadership accountable for their failure to stabilize the system and restore service. Let’s show up and show our leaders that the time for change is NOW. Let us know you’re coming ⬇️

CTA Hearing in the Committee on Transportation and Public Way · Better Streets Chicagomobilize.us Join [Commuters Take Action](https://www.ctaction.org/) and [Better Streets Chicago](https://betterstreetschicago.org) on Tuesday, February 27th at City Hall and help us hold CTA and President Dorval ...

🚨Join us and Commuters Take Action on Tuesday at City Hall to hold CTA and President Dorval Carter accountable during the first quarterly CTA hearing of 2024 at the 10am Committee on Transportation and the Public Way meeting. Let us know you're coming ➡️ mobilize.us/s/1z6lwY

CTA Hearing in the Committee on Transportation and the Public Way · Better Streets Chicagomobilize.us Join [Commuters Take Action](https://www.ctaction.org/) and [Better Streets Chicago](https://betterstreetschicago.org) on Tuesday, February 27th at City Hall and help us hold CTA and President Dorval ...

🚨Tomorrow!🚨 We’re going out to transit stations downtown and having conversations with our neighbors about the future of Du Sable Lake Shore Drive — and we need YOUR help! Sign up➡️ mobilize.us/s/WuaVSb

Join us Tuesday & Thursday to canvass our neighbors at transit stations and share with them about DLSD and our survey. We’ll meet at a central location to pick up materials and go over best strategies and messaging, and then go talk to our community. Sign up ⬇️

DLSD Survey | Downtown Transit Station Canvassing · Better Streets Chicagomobilize.us Join Better Streets Chicago as we spread the word about the Lakefront and DuSable Lake Shore Drive Community Visioning Survey! We're distributing palm cards advertising the survey to commuters through...

Our Lakefront & Du Sable Lake Shore Drive Community Visioning Survey is closing March 1st, and we’re in our last push to reach Chicagoans. Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, and Thursday to help us spread the word! ⬇️