Check out “My CTA” – a new video series featuring the lighter side of Chicago transit: our customers’ stories.These are REAL stories from REAL customers. This is their CTA. If you or anyone you know has a story that you think we should highlight – email us at: realctastories@transitchicago.com –CTAConnections on YouTube.
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Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the United States?
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDECINE Introduction Background By 2008, more than half of the world’s people was living in urban areas for the first time in human history. This growing urbanization of global populations has been called an emerging humanitarian disaster, partly because of prominent urban safety hazards such as injuries. In contrast, during the past […]
View this complete post...Measuring the Performance of Livability Programs
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Livability programs are an inherently broad set of approaches intended to create communities with coordinated transportation, housing and commercial investments, with specific goals and objectives subject to local priorities and conditions. The great variety of such efforts calls to question whether and how such programs can measure their success.
Brainerd, MN – Understanding Brainerd, Part 1: The Grid
Monday, July 29th, 2013Brainerd, MN, was built on the traditional grid pattern used by civilizations worldwide for thousands of years. By understanding the strengths of the grid and embracing them, Brainerd can become a more financially resilient place.
View this complete post...California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy
Friday, July 19th, 2013
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Public transit investment represents a key strategy for revitalizing center cities and reducing the harmful effects of driving on the environment. However, enacting transit projects often requires approval of the median voter – that is, that at least 50% of the electorate plus one, the median voter – vote to approve. […]
View this complete post...Can-Do States
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 24, No. 9 Recently, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) called for a $5.5 billion emergency federal program “to fix the nation’s backlog of deficient and structurally obsolete bridges” (H.R. 2428). He was responding to the well- publicized collapse of the I-5 bridge in Washington State . “It’s an emergency out there,” Rahall proclaimed at […]
View this complete post...Older Pedestrians at Risk
Friday, July 12th, 2013
TRI-STATE TRANSPORTATION CAMPAIGN Introduction Pedestrians 60 years and older are disproportionately at risk of being killed in collisions with vehicles while walking. In the United States, those 60 and older make up 18.5 percent of the population but 25.7 percent of the pedestrian fatalities. In New Jersey, Connecticut and downstate New York, those 60 and […]
View this complete post...Salt Lake City, UT: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Salt Lake City: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit from Streetfilms on Vimeo. According to Congress for New Urbanism President John Norquist, the Salt Lake City area has the fastest growing rail system in America. And as Streetsblog’s Angie Schmitt pointed out last month, “It’s the only city in the country building light rail, bus […]
View this complete post...Seattle, WA: Local Waterfront Transit
Monday, July 8th, 2013
WATERFRONT SEATTLE
This study evaluates and compares historic streetcars, modern streetcars, and rubber tire transit for operating characteristics, effects on the environment, and cost. These transit options will focus on moving people along the waterfront; characteristics include high frequency operations, ease of passenger boarding, and connections to other major transit modes.
Could This Be a Letterman Top Ten List for Benefits of Pedestrian Projects?
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
Transportation Issues Daily If David Letterman had a top ten list for the benefits of investing in pedestrian projects, it might look like this. The list comes from UK Living Streets, a “national charity that stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we work to create safe, attractive streets where people want to walk.” Earlier […]
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