DNA Info - CTA Approves Permanent Extension of 35th Street Bus Route
CBS - CTA Extending 31st Street Bus West To Cicero
Chicago Tribune - 31st Street bus extended to Cicero - Protesters had sought service east of Archer Avenue
Progress Illinois - CTA Study Reveals Ridership Does Not Justify Implementing A Full 31st Street Bus Route
Bridgeport Alliance is a grassroots organization of local residents and institutions committed to engage in the decision making that impacts our community utilizing education, advocacy, and collaborative action to promote responsive government and an improved quality of life for all residents. For more information or to join our mailing list, contact info@bridgeportalliance.org
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Friday, October 4, 2013
Fight for the 31st STREET BUS + CTA Board Meeting
It's been a year since we won a feasibility study - the first step toward getting a bus to connect our communities, and give us access to food, hospitals, beaches, family, and so on. The recommendations to the CTA board as a result of the study are due at the OCTOBER 9th board meeting. This is big! People are important! Show the CTA we care and we mean it and we won't stop the fight!
How you can help:
Get on the bus - We will be gathering at Benton House (3052 S Gratten Ave) at 8:45 AM on the morning of the October 9th to take a bus to the CTA Headquarters. The bus leaves at 9:00. We will pack the CTA board room, and hold a press conference after the meeting. Then the bus will return to Benton House. Facebook Event Page Here
Come to the meeting - If you don't want to join us on the bus you can still attend the meeting. Arrive at CTA Headquarters, 567 W. Lake Street, by 10 AM on the morning of October 9. Facebook Event Page Here
Write a letter - Please see our blog post below for a sample to send to friends, family, elected officials and any other contacts you can think of!
Make signs - we will be gathering at First Trinity (31st and Lowe) on Tuesday, October 8, 6:30 - 8:00 ish to make signs and do something cool with the photo petitions. BYOS (Bring Your Own Scissors!)
Distribute Fliers - Fliers are attached. Please, print, post, share! Contact info@bridgeportalliance.org for a pdf copy.
Social Media - Share the Facebook Event Page, use the Twitter Handle @31stStreetBus and @BridgeportAlly and Hashtag #31stStreetBus. Tell your friends!!!
Questions? info@bridgeportalliance.org
How you can help:
Get on the bus - We will be gathering at Benton House (3052 S Gratten Ave) at 8:45 AM on the morning of the October 9th to take a bus to the CTA Headquarters. The bus leaves at 9:00. We will pack the CTA board room, and hold a press conference after the meeting. Then the bus will return to Benton House. Facebook Event Page Here
Come to the meeting - If you don't want to join us on the bus you can still attend the meeting. Arrive at CTA Headquarters, 567 W. Lake Street, by 10 AM on the morning of October 9. Facebook Event Page Here
Write a letter - Please see our blog post below for a sample to send to friends, family, elected officials and any other contacts you can think of!
Make signs - we will be gathering at First Trinity (31st and Lowe) on Tuesday, October 8, 6:30 - 8:00 ish to make signs and do something cool with the photo petitions. BYOS (Bring Your Own Scissors!)
Distribute Fliers - Fliers are attached. Please, print, post, share! Contact info@bridgeportalliance.org for a pdf copy.
Social Media - Share the Facebook Event Page, use the Twitter Handle @31stStreetBus and @BridgeportAlly and Hashtag #31stStreetBus. Tell your friends!!!
Questions? info@bridgeportalliance.org
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Sample letter to ask for CTA Support
Send it to everyone that you know!
Dear (Friend),
At our last conversation with CTA staff, they said that the results of the study for the full 31st Street bus route would be presented to CTA Board members at the October 9 meeting. We were told that the results were not tabulated as yet and could be not released until that meeting.
On behalf of the residents along 31st Street, from Little Village to Bronzeville, I am asking you to write or email a letter to the CTA Board to tell of your support for reinstating this bus. Address and meeting information is listed at the end of this email.
Please pass along this request to other residents who would need a convenient east west route across the City.
I understand that you have other obligations but if you could attend the meeting, your presence would add weight to this initiative.
To update you, the trial part of the route is doing fine. Local residents however, also need to get to Mercy Hospital, the lake front, IIT and other destinations along 31st Street. When St. Anthony's opens in 2015, this transit need will only increase.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions and if you can attend the October 9 meeting.
Thank you.
(your name goes here!)
CTA Board Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 567 W. Lake Street, Boardroom
Letters may be sent to: Gregory Longhini CTA, Office of the Secretary 567 W. Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60661-1498 Phone: 312-681-5022 Email: glonghini1@transitchicago.com
Dear (Friend),
At our last conversation with CTA staff, they said that the results of the study for the full 31st Street bus route would be presented to CTA Board members at the October 9 meeting. We were told that the results were not tabulated as yet and could be not released until that meeting.
On behalf of the residents along 31st Street, from Little Village to Bronzeville, I am asking you to write or email a letter to the CTA Board to tell of your support for reinstating this bus. Address and meeting information is listed at the end of this email.
Please pass along this request to other residents who would need a convenient east west route across the City.
I understand that you have other obligations but if you could attend the meeting, your presence would add weight to this initiative.
To update you, the trial part of the route is doing fine. Local residents however, also need to get to Mercy Hospital, the lake front, IIT and other destinations along 31st Street. When St. Anthony's opens in 2015, this transit need will only increase.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions and if you can attend the October 9 meeting.
Thank you.
(your name goes here!)
CTA Board Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 567 W. Lake Street, Boardroom
Letters may be sent to: Gregory Longhini CTA, Office of the Secretary 567 W. Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60661-1498 Phone: 312-681-5022 Email: glonghini1@transitchicago.com
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