Terry Clark has lived at the Prairie Shores apartment complex in Bronzeville for 43 years. For the last couple of weeks though, his allergies have flared up, making it difficult for him to breathe, and causing headaches, and a runny nose.
Clark attributes the flare-up to the trees and shrubs being dug up at the...
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By Ed Finkel of LISC’ Chicago’s New Communities Program
The power of creativity struck Chicago artist Monika Kimrey perhaps as never before recently when she worked with a severely developmentally disabled woman, named Arlene, who never spoke and made little eye contact.
During weekly sessions at South Chicago Parents and Friends, which provides a full range...
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May 19, 2009 – A rider and advocate discuss CTA service in this video by Jennifer T. Lacey
Rider and Advocate discuss CTA Equipment and Service Woes from Jennifer T. Lacey on Vimeo.
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May 19, 2009 – Disabled advocates pressured the Chicago Transit Authority president on Monday for more accountability and transparency with its service and maintenance of accessibility-related equipment.
The board meeting was a first time CTA President Richard L. Rodriguez met with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Advisory Committee since his appointment two months ago....
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May 15, 2009 – A key state lawmaker said Thursday the Chicago Transit Authority should conduct internal performance audits and hold its managers accountable in the wake of a ChicagoTalks investigation that found more than one-third of the system’s accessible stations were not fully available to customers over a two-week period in February.
A...
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May 12, 2009 – Eyes and mouths opened wide as commuters at the Jackson Street Blue Line station turned to watch a young man in a wheelchair casually roll onto an escalator and pass them on his way up, his arms firmly grasping the handrails to brace himself as he left the platform below.
Steve...
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May 12, 2009 – Advocates for the disabled say the CTA needs to step up its commitment to making its bus and rail stations accessible in the wake of a three-month investigation by ChicagoTalks.
“The CTA has to continue working on these issues to make the whole system user friendly,” said Jim Watkins, co-chairman of...
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May 12, 2009 – One morning in November 2004, a CTA bus stopped at Catalpa and Broadway in Uptown for a woman and her daughter, who was using a motorized wheelchair because she had torn a ligament in her foot.
As the daughter wheeled up to the bus lift, she got stuck and couldn’t move her...
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May 12, 2009 – On a cold November day in 2007, Georgia Willis sat on her scooter as a CTA bus lift lowered her to the ground. Before she knew it, the scooter had tipped off the lift and she hit her face on the bike rack and was underneath the 40-foot, 27,000-pound bus....
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