In The News
Occasionally I show up in the news. I've written both investigative reports and had my op-eds in every major newspaper in Chicago. You can see where I've been below. I also regularly provide records I've FOIAed to journalists.
My Writings
- Commuter advocates: Make Nora Leerhsen the CTA's permanent president
- Let's move some parking meters
- Cycling advocates: The mayor endorsed us. Now he advocates against us.
- A plan for faster buses (we can speed up the bus at (almost) no cost)
- Riding 146 miles in a day to visit all 77 community areas was an exciting adventure that also highlighted infrastructure needs
- The Red Line Extension's hidden costs: Missing line items, rising debt, and long-term risk
- Op-ed: What the RTA will do — that this transit reform won't
- Op-ed: The problem with the proposed North DuSable Lake Shore Drive redesign
- Op-ed: Despite scrutiny, the CTA's president rode the system only 58 times in 2023
- CTA vows to double rail operator trainees this year. Its data shows that's impossible.
Mentions/Citations
- After a judge issued a restraining order, the Trump administration was forced to unfreeze funding for the RLE and RPM projects
- Key findings from CDOT's annual Chicago Traffic Crashes report
- Some Illinois advocates, experts argue for statewide e-bike and e-scooter regulations
- Federal rules do not prevent the CTA from making smart cuts
- Chicago ain't ready for transit reform — yet
- Mayor Brandon Johnson didn't conduct formal national search for CTA head despite claiming otherwise, records show
- There's still time to stop the CTA's $5.75B runaway train
- The Red Line extension is now a $5.75B gamble for the CTA — and taxpayers
- Transit advocates Rep. Buckner and Nik Hunder: It's not just a "so-called" fiscal cliff.
- Chicago's transit agencies want you to panic. They don't explain the whole truth.
- At public meeting on the CTA's proposed 2025 budget, residents voice concerns about security and reliability
- Letters for the Week of 9/24/24
- CTA Data Shows Reliance on Overtime, Chronic FOIA Delays and Years of Mischaracterized Records