Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chicago

Using Twitter to Catch a Train

By Sarah Goodyear | | 3 Comments
The people over at CTA Tattler ("seen and heard on the Chicago Transit Authority"), as part of their tireless efforts to monitor the movements of the Chicago Transit Authority, have turned to the microblogging tool Twitter and created a Twitter feed with the user name ctatweet. It’s a way for people using the city’s transit […]

Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year

By Ben Fried | | 4 Comments
You know a city is getting serious about tackling traffic when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock, which pegged the annual price of traffic at $13 billion, that set off a public debate about congestion pricing that […]

Chicago-Style Parking Plan Could Raise $5 Billion Plus for NYC

By John Kaehny | | 34 Comments
According to a senior municipal bond analyst at a leading Wall Street firm, New York City could raise between five and six billion dollars immediately if it privatized its parking meters as Chicago is doing. Whether privatization is the right way to unlock New York City's parking riches is debatable. What's not in question is that curbside parking in New York and most U.S. cities is grossly underpriced and could potentially be a crucial source of revenue for much needed transportation improvements.

Lincoln: The Powerful Don’t Take Transit

By Brad Aaron | | 12 Comments
Last year rapper Common signed with Lincoln as the "new face" of its Navigator SUV. The first TV spot of the campaign debuted in November on NBC’s Sunday night NFL broadcast, and continues in heavy rotation during the playoffs. In the ad, shot in Chicago, Common reflects on his roots in the Windy City, his […]
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