CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A transit advocacy group said they hope Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson will take a second look at an old idea.
Commuters Take Action, an advocacy group for Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passengers, touted the results of a survey on its website, which found that respondents were overwhelmingly in favor of a system known as bus rapid transit.
It’s a system in which buses travel down streets in separate lanes and passengers board at bus stops that resemble train stations. Advocates have claimed that rapid transit can cut travel times by 35% – 50%.
A CTA plan to install bus rapid transit lanes on Ashland Avenue, though, fizzled 10 years ago. Colin Anderson, with Commuters Take Action, said transit organizers are much more organized compared to a decade ago.
“Transit riders, themselves, are pretty energized right now and are seeing some small wins,” he said.
Anderson called on Johnson to take a second look at bus rapid transit.
“All we’re saying is we believe the Johnson Administration is open to the idea and understands that public transit is absolutely to the lives of so many Chicagoans,” Anderson said.
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