Transportation Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/transportation/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 04:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Transportation Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/transportation/ 32 32 163009088 Local Tow Truck Company Accused of Scams and Endangering Chicagoans https://www.chicagoreporter.com/local-tow-truck-company-accused-of-scams-and-endangering-chicagoans/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/local-tow-truck-company-accused-of-scams-and-endangering-chicagoans/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7845936 Cook County Towing in Humboldt Park has been publicly criticized by legal officials and citizens for illegally towing cars from accidents and patterns of reckless driving.  The Chicago Police Department reports that ten Cook County Towing truck drivers have been arrested in the last three years. Only three of these arrests responded to vehicular violations […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/local-tow-truck-company-accused-of-scams-and-endangering-chicagoans/feed/ 0 7845936 Lightfoot’s rideshare fee plan improves equity, but why not tax Uber and Lyft directly? https://www.chicagoreporter.com/lightfoots-rideshare-fee-plan-improves-equity-but-why-not-tax-uber-and-lyft-directly/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/lightfoots-rideshare-fee-plan-improves-equity-but-why-not-tax-uber-and-lyft-directly/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:10:26 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4871592 The mayor’s proposal to relieve congestion and boost public transportation will cost solo riders in affluent areas the most, but there are other, more progressive options.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/lightfoots-rideshare-fee-plan-improves-equity-but-why-not-tax-uber-and-lyft-directly/feed/ 0 4871592 Chicago’s South and West sides have most to gain from bus-focused development push https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-south-and-west-sides-have-most-to-gain-from-bus-focused-development-push/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-south-and-west-sides-have-most-to-gain-from-bus-focused-development-push/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:31:39 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=2874777 Most transit-oriented development so far has been clustered on the North and Near West sides, the Metropolitan Planning Council found, reinforcing decades of underinvestment in segregated neighborhoods.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-south-and-west-sides-have-most-to-gain-from-bus-focused-development-push/feed/ 0 2874777 Instead of extending the Red Line, some see promise in the Metra Electric https://www.chicagoreporter.com/instead-of-extending-the-red-line-some-see-promise-in-the-metra-electric/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/instead-of-extending-the-red-line-some-see-promise-in-the-metra-electric/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:51:55 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=2173221 Converting the Metra Electric District main line into rapid transit could be a quicker, cheaper way to improve transit on the South Side than building more Red Line stations, advocates say.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/instead-of-extending-the-red-line-some-see-promise-in-the-metra-electric/feed/ 6 2173221 New Red Line extension plan would uproot fewer Far South Side homes https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-red-line-extension-plan-would-uproot-fewer-far-south-side-homes/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-red-line-extension-plan-would-uproot-fewer-far-south-side-homes/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:35:29 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=1761837 The Chicago Transit Authority’s hybrid proposal lowers the number of privately owned properties that would need to be acquired, but residents still have mixed feelings on how the project could affect them economically.

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