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The weblog of the Active Transportation Alliance

Lakefront Trail Conditions 2/8/10

Posted by: rwarren on: 02/08/2010 - 8:18pm

I just rode the Lakefront Trial from Ardmore to Grand at 8:00 p.m. this Monday (2/8) night and the Trail is in much better condition than it was on Sunday morning.

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CTA service cuts

Posted by: mkohara on: 02/08/2010 - 9:22am

How are CTA service cuts affecting you? Did you have a tough time getting to work? We want to know. Email margo@activetrans.org or comment right here.

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Award winning solution on promoting transit

Posted by: awelty on: 02/08/2010 - 9:10am

Enjoy Aaron Renn (The Urbanophile)'s award winning piece on increasing transit ridership, here.

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Lakefront Trail Conditions 2/7

Posted by: rwarren on: 02/07/2010 - 1:24pm

I rode the Lakefront Trail this Sunday morning (2/7) from Ardmore to 51st St.

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Proposed bike path would link Oak Lawn to Cal-Sag

Posted by: sbuchtel on: 02/05/2010 - 12:29pm

The Reporter reports on the draft Oak Lawn Bicycle Plan, prepared & presented by your friend

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Air quality alert

Posted by: mkohara on: 02/04/2010 - 10:01am

The EPA issued an air quality warning for Northwest Indiana and No

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Transit-Oriented Development: You Don't Have to Be an Advocate to Get It

Posted by: lcrandell on: 02/02/2010 - 12:11pm

My polling place in Lakeview is in one of the worst places to walk in the neighborhood, so I was very interested to overhear two regular poll workers this morning discussing how the location i

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Shoveling and voting?

Posted by: espotts on: 02/02/2010 - 9:19am

As I walked to my local Chicago Park District fieldhouse to vote today, I noticed that for the first time this winter, the park had shoveled all the sidewalks surrounding the park and in the park.

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New Illinois Prairie Path bridge to being construction in Wayne

Posted by: pbrookstein on: 02/01/2010 - 1:45pm

DuPage County Division of Transportation will begin construction on a new bicycle/pedestrian bridge in Wayne in February.

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Thank You Barack Obama

Posted by: dpersky on: 01/28/2010 - 7:43pm

I spend a lot of time at our state capital in Springfield advocating for safer roads for everyone. In support of Active Transportation Alliance's mission, I commute by Amtrak.

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Upcoming activities of the Active Transportation Alliance, plus submissions from other organizations.

02/22/2010 Ride of Silence Planning Meeting
02/27/2010 Albany Park Bikes
03/29/2010 Ride of Silence Planning Meeting

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