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Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit. 🧑‍🦼🚶🚲🚌 linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is a “missing middle” of urban mobility but it ain’t Waymo: it’s regional rail starlinechicago.substack.com/p/the-missin...
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The Missing Middle of Transit
An introduction to regional rail
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Divvy needs to be integrated into NITA
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 23/09/2026
Divvy is a critical transportation resource for our city, and we fully support its continued growth and expansion across our region. Every Divvy trip is one less car trip, to the benefit of everyone! Stay tune for more ways you can support bike share coming soon!
chicago.suntimes.com
Chicago extends Divvy contract; parking changes, new bike model coming
Thousands of new bikes and scooters will be added to Chicago's streets as part of the new contract, the city announced Wednesday.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/09/2026
Jamie Rhee (former Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner) has been appointed Interim Executive Director of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. She has stated that she does not intend to seek the permanent role.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/09/2026
Tom Kotarac has been appointed the first Chair of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority board.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/09/2026
The first @nitachicago.bsky.social board meeting is officially underway! This is an tremendous new era full of opportunity — but the promise of NITA will only ever be as good as our commitment to seeing it through.
People are gathered in a board room for the first Northern Illinois Transit Authority board meeting.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The community is ready, ripe with ideas like bus rapid transit, modernizing Metra for regional rail, crosstown rail via a tunnel, and more. It’s critical you work with community and advocacy partners to not just maintain the status quo, but plan what our transit will become."
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/09/2026
🎉🚌 NITA is officially here! And we need you to take action with us: 1) Sign our letter to the NITA board 2) Attend the first NITA board meeting on September 10th 3) Take our pledge to keep fighting for transit with us Take action at savetransit.org
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 24/08/2026
What if we made the conscious choice to give ourselves the space every day? Not just on special occasions, but to choose ourselves over cars every day.
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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Chicago Transit Authority’s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare, as well as new crisis and community violence intervention programs.
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CTA Board Approves Slate of Social Service Outreach Efforts Focused on Violence Intervention, Homelessness
The Chicago Transit Authority’s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare, as well as new crisis and community violence intervention...
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aka60643 🐈‍⬛ 🇺🇦🌻💙💙🇲🇽 @aka60643.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Free learn-to-ride lessons are happening next Sat. 7/18 at Percy Julian H.S. If you or any #Chicago adult or teen you know wants to learn to ride a bike, this is a good opportunity. Close to 103rd/Vincennes Rock Island Metra station. #bikechi @activetransportation.org @betterstreetschicago.org
Learn to ride a bike lessons for teens and adults Sat. 7/18 10 am-noon or 12:30-2:30 pm at Percy Julian High School 10330 S Elizabeth St. Close to 103rd/Vincennes Metra station.
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 10/07/2026
I wrote to my alder, finance committee vice chair Conway, about this bad plan that invests in more cars and driving, and $0 in transit
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Chicago is about to spend millions on a new parking garage and nothing on transit at The 78
This week I asked my alderperson to defer the finance committee’s vote on a massive funding package that would have the city own a parking garage while at the same time making zero investment…
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/07/2026
🚨 Urge your alder to hit the brakes on The 78 TIF! 🚨 Instead of investing in public transit like in the original 2019 plans, the City is now trying to ram through $216 million in public subsidies for a parking garage, with little transparency on the impact nor what public benefit this will provide.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 08/07/2026
Literally what are we doing here?
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/07/2026
So we CAN #PlowTheSidewalks. The original pilot was $1.5-3m. The reduced pilot was budgeted for at $500k, but rejected after Mayor Johnson forced it to be legislated anyway.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 01/07/2026
❌ Today, for a second quarter in a row, City Council has ghosted CTA at the quarterly hearings THEY mandated by law. This is profoundly unacceptable, particularly as we are rapidly racing toward a critical deadline for NITA board appointments that will have to be approved by Council.
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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 24/06/2026
Bike-a-palooza is coming up quick! Join us at Welles Park this Sunday, June 28th, from 5-8pm, for lots of bike fun, from test rides of bikes and ebikes to safety tips and a whole lot more!
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A city report has found that Chicago's bike lanes don't hurt businesses. blockclubchi.co/4epHwpd
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 18/06/2026
The deal also pumps millions of dollars into renovating the terminal — and saves the half-million people who use the station each year from potentially being kicked to curbside bus service.
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Greyhound bus terminal will soon be public-owned as City Council approves $19M purchase
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Environmental Law & Policy Center @elpcenter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Victory! After years of advocacy, Chicago City Council just voted 38-10 to save and fix the intercity bus terminal. This brings the City of Chicago’s intercity bus service into the future and solidifies our place as a major transportation hub in the Midwest. elpc.org/news/chicago...
Victory! Chicago City Council approves purchase of intercity bus terminal. Improving bus service that thousands rely on and making it better for the future
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 17/06/2026
🎉 It's official, we saved Chicago's intercity bus terminal! Today, Chicago City Council voted to purchase our former Greyhound terminal to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal. This is a massive victory, and a testament to the years of organizing that brought us here today!
We saved Chicago's intercity bus terminal. Better Streets Chicago.
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High Speed Rail Alliance @hsrail.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We still need your help in urging the City of Chicago to buy its intercity bus terminal before the ordinance moves to full council for final approval on Wednesday, June 17! Email your alder using this easy form from our partners at Better Streets Chicago. Then pass it along to a friend!
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Urge your Alderperson to support a municipally-owned intercity bus terminal! - Better Streets Chicago
In 2024, we came dangerously close to losing Chicago's Greyhound terminal. Just like other cities across the nation, the station had come under ownership of private equity and Greyhound's lease was…
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 11/06/2026
As our community continues to grieve the loss of Riley O’Neil, we joined @sashaannsimons.bsky.social on @wbez.org to discuss how we can make our streets safer — and prevent further tragedies like this from happening again.
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𓏟 Seb 𓃣 @chicagoseb.com · 11/06/2026
Chicagoans, please take a few seconds to fill your info, they send an email automatically you don't even have to do it!
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Rosie @rozphy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I’m currently in the lobby at this bus station. My weekend trip to visit family in Ohio cost $110, far cheaper than renting a car (~$400) or flying (~$300) and more convenient than Amtrak (arrives in Cleveland at 5am). Bus travel is great, actually, and we should make it easy and popular!
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High Speed Rail Alliance @hsrail.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We’re so close. Keep putting on the pressure so Chicago buys its bus terminal! Intercity buses are an essential public service, especially for low-income people. Even once we have a high-speed rail network, intercity buses will be needed.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/06/2026
🎉 BIG NEWS – today the Committee on Housing & Real Estate has officially approved the purchase of 630 W Harrison to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal! This now goes to full council for final approval. We need you to contact your alderperson today urging them to get the job done!
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Urge your Alderperson to support a municipally-owned intercity bus terminal! - Better Streets Chicago
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A ride and vigil honoring CDOT worker Riley O'Neil was held in Bridgeport. He died after being hit by a vehicle in an unprotected bike lane, the very kind he dedicated his career to replacing. Find this story on CBSChicago.com.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/06/2026
The bicyclist killed in a fatal Bridgeport traffic crash Friday was a Chicago Department of Transportation employee who had devoted much of his career to bike infrastructure, according to the city agency and others who knew him.
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Bicyclist killed in Bridgeport crash was CDOT employee devoted to bike infrastructure
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 06/06/2026
Our hearts go out to the CDOT complete streets team and all those who knew and loved Riley. We will honor Riley’s memory by continuing to fight for the safe streets he deserved — and that he spent his time in service to our community trying to win.
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bader-cara.bsky.social @bader-cara.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Riley was one of the few people you meet in public service that was always positive, always kind, and always believing he could play a role in making something better. When you find a magic Riley rack that is still free Divvy parking, Riley left it there for you. 💙🚲
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David Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/06/2026
Like we said a long time ago: Fund transit, not stadiums.
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Transportation advocates urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums — Better Streets Chicago
Like many Chicagoans, the recent unveiling of the Chicago Bears’ controversial plan for a new lakefront stadium has left transportation advocates with far more questions than answers. With a projected...
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 01/06/2026
🎉🚇🚌 It’s official! The Northern Illinois Transit Authority is here, ushering in a new era of public transit for our region. Take the pledge to keep fighting for transit and email your legislators urging them to keep the promise of NITA at savetransit.org
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 18/05/2026
🎉 Today the City took another big step forward in saving our intercity bus terminal, as the Committee on Finance unanimously approved an amendment to the Canal/Congress TIF to include the current Greyhound Terminal in the district. This is a critical first step towards municipal ownership!
Take action to save Chicago's intercity bus terminal. Better Streets Chicago.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/05/2026
From Us: the Editorial Board needs to stop being shills for the automotive and fossil fuel industries that have locked us into a transportation system that’s only 2nd to guns in how many people it kills every year.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 28/04/2026
This is IDOT, the same agency that wants to do giant swaths of lake infill to straighten out its lakefront expressway so people can speed even faster — only increasing runoff and particulate pollution.
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The Southwest Collective @swcollectivechi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The sw side is making the news this month. Unfortunately it’s because of all the high-speed crashes on our major streets. Eight crashes over a roughly eight-week span, with 25% of the people involved dead. Please pray for the families grieving a loss; they need strength and support right now.
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1 dead, 3 injured in crash in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side
A crash left one person dead and three others injured in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side early Monday.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 28/04/2026
On the left is @illinoisdot.bsky.social’s goals. They greenwash with pretty renderings, but we know better.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 27/04/2026
Today we joined @maryldixon.bsky.social and @pksmid.bsky.social on @wbez.org to discuss safety on public transit and answer caller questions about how we ensure everyone feels safe and comfortable and has access to the resources they need. Take a listen!
wbez.org
What would make you feel safer on the CTA?
Security presence on the CTA will change after the agency ends its unarmed guard contract.
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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We’ve been sold personal joy while our civic spaces, values, and conversations have been eroding. There’s nothing wrong with personal joy, but it is limiting.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 27/04/2026
Meanwhile, in Chicago @illinoisdot.bsky.social is doubling down on a lakefront expressway largely because they’ve spent 13 years designing it and dismissing public opinion and would rather be done than do the right thing.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 24/04/2026
Today was a momentous day: a promise made 60 years ago, never forgotten, and now becoming a hard fought reality for Far South Side communities who’ve dreamed of this day for decades. The Red Line Extension has officially broken ground, charting a new era in Chicago transit history!
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 22/04/2026
✅ It’s a good thing that CTA is ending its private security contract, and local news is not sharing with you the full picture.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 20/04/2026
They’re just taking us down the same road that @illinoisdot.bsky.social has laid out for projects like ‘Redefine the Drive’ where they prioritize moving cars at the expense of everything and everyone else.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 15/04/2026
“This body has not only a responsibility to the citizens of Chicago to ensure that Chicagoans have world class access to intercity bus travel, but you have a duty to the American people to ensure that our national bus network doesn’t collapse.”
chicagotribune.com
Chicago moves to buy Greyhound station, but key alderman demands more details
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration took a major step Tuesday toward buying the downtown Chicago Greyhound station.
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Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Statement on behalf of of Sierra Club Chicago, Southeast Environmental Task Force, @betterstreetschicago.org & People for Community Recovery, regarding Chicago's City Council vote on a Zoning Chair cc @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @chicagompo.bsky.social
Statement on behalf of of Sierra Club Chicago, Southeast Environmental Task Force, @betterstreetschicago.org & People for Community Recovery, regarding Chicago's City Council vote on a Zoning Chair
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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 14/04/2026
I have vivid memories of picking friends up and dropping them off at this station because the bus was the only affordable way for them to reach Chicago, and it'd really suck to lose it to real estate BS. Fingers crossed.
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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Yes!!
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 14/04/2026
🎉 BIG NEWS: the Community Development Commission just unanimously voted to recommend that City Council purchase Chicago's intercity bus terminal! This is a HUGE step forward in our years of advocacy to save intercity bus travel in Chicago.
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