Basic Services, Public Transport
March 30, 2021
Via: NYC Streets BlogThe shortcomings of Chicago area public transit are self-evident to any suburban transit rider who has ever tried to get anywhere but the Loop. Metra lines all terminate at the Loop and their pre-pandemic schedules tended to favor suburb-to-Chicago commuters. […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
February 1, 2021
Via: NYC Streets BlogMetra is a transit agency that provides commuter rail service largely geared towards people traveling between the suburbs and downtown Chicago for 9-to-5 jobs. It also offers limited commuter service within the city, as well as some near-rapid service between […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 5, 2021
Via: Waste360Lakeshore Recycling Systems (“LRS”), the nation’s seventh-largest privately-held waste and recycling company, today announced its largest acquisition to-date: Maywood, Ill.-based Roy Strom Company (“Roy Strom”), among the most respected independent waste haulers in the Chicagoland market. The milestone addition of […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
August 27, 2019
Via: Waste360On various sidewalks throughout downtown Chicago, the city has installed solar-powered, self-compacting garbage bins to keep the city clean. However, many of those bins are broken, rusting and overflowing. Back in 2011, the city purchased 400 BigBelly solar-powered trash bins […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
June 14, 2018
Via: Waste Management WorldThe largest chemical manufacturer in the world, Germany’s BASF, has invested in Chicago, Illinois headquartered LanzaTech, a biotech company using special microbes to recycle waste gas streams. Originally founded in New Zealand, LanzaTech has developed a gas fermentation technology said […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 16, 2017
Via: Waste360Over the years, the City of Chicago has changed how it handles yard waste, drawing suspicions from customers. In a recent article, WBEZ breaks down the details of how Chicago’s yard waste program works, how little waste gets composted and […]
October 14, 2016
Via: American InfrastructureMayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday more than 175 miles of Chicago streets have been repaved in 2016. With this many streets paved, Chicago is moving closer towards a 21st century transportation system. More than 1,500 miles of streets have been […]
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