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""The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced a 'pop-up essential bus lanes' program that will temporarily designate 24-hour bus-only lanes along two city routes to expand bus service for essential workers," reports Katie Pyzyk.  "

"Chicago is one of the latest cities that follows this trend. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) offers their L Trains for parties outside rush hours. What is cool about renting a party train is that it takes you all across the city, from one side to another, while sliding between the city's old buildings. Since these trains are running on elevated rails, this party could literally take you to higher spheres."

"C'est une première : une voiture va être entièrement conçue à partir d'impressions 3D. Annoncé en mars dernier par l'entreprise américaine Local Motors, ce défi est en train de se dérouler au salon des technologies de l'industrie à Chicago. Les composants - suspension, batteries, moteur - de la voiture vont être imprimés les uns après les autres durant plus de 44 heures. Ensuite, une équipe chapeautée par Local Motors va être chargée de les assembler, le but étant que le véhicule soit opérationnel samedi matin prochain, c'est à dire dans cinq jours. "Strati" Nommé "Strati", le prototype du véhicule a été sélectionné parmi plus de 200 autres en juin dernier par Local Motors qui avait lancé un appel à projet auprès de sa communauté d'experts et de designers qui partagent certains projets et connaissances sur le site du groupe. "Strati" est un roadster/buggy biplace et doté d'un moteur électrique. "La Strati a été conçue par notre communauté, est fabriquée dans notre micro-usine, et sera conduite par vous", a déclaré John. B. Rogers, le PDG de Local Motors."

"The majority of the people who use public transit in the United States are women. They account for 55 percent of overall ridership across the country, according to a 2007 survey from the American Public Transportation Association. In some places, the proportion of women riders is even higher. Jim Saksa, transportation reporter for the website PlanPhilly, has crunched some numbers and found that Philadelphia leads the nation in this department: according to a recent survey by SEPTA, the city's transportation agency, a remarkable 64 percent of the people riding Philly's subways and buses are women. Chicago was second in his accounting, with a 62 percent female ridership on the MTA, while Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston all came in at 60 percent."

"He plans, he says, to construct networks of tunnels throughout cities with faster, more efficient boring technology. The tunnels could carry individual cars or eight- to sixteen-passenger "pods" on electric skates, traveling up to 150 mph. (Longer tunnels, between cities, would be perfect for hyperloop, another interest.) Less than a year after its founding, the Boring Company is already talking about taking its mass transit solution to real, live cities. In July, Musk announced that he had "verbal government approval" to build a hyperloop between Washington, DC and New York City, which could carry commuters between the two in less than 30 minutes. (A White House official later suggested that he had, perhaps, given Musk the wrong idea, and that the project had not been approved, verbally or otherwise.) In November, Musk said the company would bid on a project to build a new, faster rail link between downtown Chicago and O'Hare Airport. And in early December, the Boring Company released a map showing a proposed tunnel network in Los Angeles, which could transport both private cars and shared pods between Long Beach Airport in the south, Santa Monica in the west, Dodger Stadium in the east, and Sherman Oaks in the north."

"What few may realize is that the train serves two very important purposes: to deliver joy and the holiday spirit to thousands of riders and also to deliver food baskets to various charitable agencies throughout the city. The train began on the Blue Line in 1992 when a "Season's Greetings from the CTA" sign was placed on the front of an out-of-service train used to deliver food to various charities. Over the years, this holiday tradition has evolved from its modest and humble beginnings to a spectacular, joyous sight to see - in daytime or nighttime. Today, as the train pulls into each station, Santa waves to the boarding riders from his sleigh on an open-air flatcar carrying his reindeer and decorated holiday trees."

"Clogged with traffic, crippled by poor infrastructure - the capital is notoriously hard to navigate on foot. Enter Peatónito, the activist fighting for safer streets"