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Asked by CTA Chair for a “bold” plan to increase ridership, chief innovation officer calls for “100-150 miles of dedicated bus lanes”

Admittedly, my previous coverage of Tuesday's debut CTA board meeting under the Northern Illinois Transit Authority was a bit glass-half-empty. Chairman Lester Barclay I focused on the fact that Lester Barclay, the chair of the old board – who wrote an anti-N...

Asked by CTA Chair for a “bold” plan to increase ridership, chief innovation officer calls for “100-150 miles of dedicated bus lanes”

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Admittedly, my previous coverage of Tuesday's debut CTA board meeting under the Northern Illinois Transit Authority was a bit glass-half-empty.

Chairman Lester Barclay I focused on the fact that Lester Barclay, the chair of the old board – who wrote an anti-N...

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