(Guest post for CTA Tattler by Patrick Barry.) CTA leaders and a dozen elected officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Patrick Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, lined up behind the Red North Interim Station Improvements project on Friday in Rogers... »
Time Out Chicago: Sunnyside Mall By Doug McGoldrick Time Out Chicago Uptown doesn’t have the best rep, but we predict it’ll pay to put down roots in Sheridan Park—the stretch of the neighborhood bounded by Lawrence Avenue to the north, Montrose Avenue ... »
Bike parking for more than 40 bicycles at the 57th Street entrance to the 55th-56th-57th Street Metra station. CDOT installed in March and April a combination of regular u-racks and double deck bike racks at six CTA and Metra stations around the city ... »
As part of our ongoing project to interview all 50 of Chicago’s aldermen about sustainable transportation issues in their districts, I recently sat down with Harry Osterman at the 48nd Ward service office, 5533 N. Broadway. His ward includes most of Ed... »
The Morse Red Line station would be affected by the CTA's plan. In the two Modernization scenarios, it would become accessible. Photo by Eric Rogers. On Monday and Tuesday, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) held identical meetings about the Red & Pu... »
Interesting article on ideas the CTA is floating for the Red and Purple lines, two of which include Uptown: "The CTA is working on an idea that would turn the Wilson stop into a transfer station between Red and Purple lines. A public meeting for that p... »
This afternoon I got a note from a CTA media spokesperson further clarifying the nature of the seven-station Red Line rehab project I reported on yesterday. "The work outlined in the RFP is intended to be a life extension/interim-facelift project aimed... »
The Chicago Transit Authority is set to begin a major overhaul of seven stations on the heavily-traveled Red Line ‘L,’ in the Rogers Park, Edgewater and Uptown neighborhoods. »
