Ashland Bus Rapid Transit Backlash Increasing
A sign in the median on Ashland Avenue pushes the anti-BRT messsage near Cortland. Its been a rough few weeks for the city’s proposed Ashland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit plan. It seems the honeymoon is...
View ArticleFederal Shutdown Delays Release Of Ashland BRT Report
A sign in the median on Ashland Avenue pushes the anti-BRT messsage near Cortland. The federal government shutdown is slowing down the city’s plan to bring bus rapid transit to Ashland Avenue according...
View ArticleBig Turnout For Active Trans, Streetsblog Pro-BRT Event
A BRT proponent explains his support of the proposed transit project at Cobra Lounge on Tuesday evening.About 75 people showed up Tuesday evening for a social event at Cobra Lounge at 235 N. Ashland,...
View ArticleAshland BRT Supporters Show Up In Big Numbers At Tuesday’s Open House
Attendees of the Ashland BRT Open House Tuesday night write thoughts on a large map of the proposed route.The weather was bitingly cold, but hardy supporters of the Ashland Bus Rapid Transit plan...
View ArticleAshland BRT Gets Some Pushback At Wednesday’s Open House
The CTA’s Joe Iacobucci talks to an attendee at Wednesday’s Ashland BRT open house at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse. CTA and city transportation officials faced a large crowd armed with many questions...
View ArticleBus vs. Cars: A Cornucopia Of Ashland BRT Coverage
With the Ashland Bus Rapid Transit project back in the news, the debate over the controversial plan is heating up. So, the chef’s here at The Expired Meter have cooked up a feast of news stories and...
View ArticleBRT Roundup: ‘It Would Probably Be Like Rush Hour All Day’
The 30-day comment period on the Ashland Bus Rapid Transit ended Friday. But the debate over the controversial plan is not over. A handful of stories on the Ashland BRT have popped up in the past few...
View ArticleFormer CDOT Engineer Slams Ashland Bus Rapid Transit Proposal
A sign in the median on Ashland Avenue pushes the anti-BRT messsage near Cortland. Brutal. In Sunday’s Sun-Times a retired Chicago Department of Transportation engineer completely, intelligently and...
View ArticleNew CDOT Head Reconsidering Details Of Ashland BRT?
Rebekah Schoeinfeld. Photo courtesy of the City of Chicago. Rebekah Scheinfeld got a big thumbs up Monday. Scheinfeld won approval by the Chicago City Council’s Transportation Committee on Monday after...
View ArticleNeighborhood Group Votes Against Ashland BRT By Narrow Margin
A sign in the median on Ashland Avenue pushes the anti-BRT messsage near Cortland. While the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation have been nearly silent in regards to the Ashland Bus Rapid...
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