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🚐 Microtransit: New research on microtransit in rural communities featuring findings from interviews with 15 agencies from Adrianna Fragozo and team.

🚌 Intercity Buses: Chicago City Council just voted to purchase the South Loop Greyhound station. Lots of movement in the intercity bus space as private operations rapidly evolve and new public services work to fill gaps.

🎊 The Ultimate New Transit Alert!: Yonah Freemark just launched an automated dashboard tracking every new fixed guideway transit opening across the globe.

🏘️ TOD: Yonah and the team at the Urban Institute also launched a national dataset tracking transit-oriented housing development, including access to frequent transit.

Lauren hosts the Association for Commuter Transportation Book Club. The club is currently reading City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways by Megan Kimble. Join the virtual discussion on Wednesday, September 2 from 2-3 PM eastern.

ACT members, feel free to join whether or not you get a chance to read the book! Not an ACT member but curious? Reach out to Journey as we often can offer a couple of comp entries to our partners.

Lauren and Sophie co-host the Chicago City Builders Book Club with our friends at MPC and Arup. The club is currently diving into the short story collection The Plan of Chicago: A City in Stories by Barry Pearce. Join the club to discuss on Wednesday, August 19th from 6-8 PM central at the MPC office. Please remember to RSVP!