In The News
Occasionally I show up in the news. I’ve written both investigative reports and had my op-eds in every major newspaper in Chicago. You can see where I’ve been below. I also regularly provide records I’ve FOIAed to journalists on background.
My Writings
March 2025 | A City That Works | The Red Line Extension's hidden costs: Missing line items, rising debt, and long-term risk
February 2025 | Crain’s Chicago Business | Op-ed: What the RTA will do — that this transit reform won't
September 2024 | Chicago Sun-Times | Op-ed: The problem with proposed North DuSable Lake Shore Drive redesign
July 2024 | Chicago Tribune | Op-ed: Despite scrutiny, the CTA’s president rode the system only 58 times in 2023
January 2024 | Chicago Tribune | News/Op-ed: CTA vows to double rail operator trainees this year. Its data shows that’s impossible
Mentions/Citations
June 2025: Chicago Tribune | Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t conduct formal national search for CTA head despite claiming otherwise, records show
May 2025 | Editorial: Crain’s Chicago Business | There’s still time to stop the CTA's $5.75B runaway train
May 2025 | Crain’s Chicago Business | The Red Line extension is now a $5.75B gamble for the CTA — and taxpayers
May 2025 | Streetsblog Chicago | Transit advocates Rep. Buckner and Nik Hunder: It’s not just a “so-called” fiscal cliff.
April 2025 | Editorial: Chicago Tribune | Chicago’s transit agencies want you to panic. They don’t explain the whole truth
November 2024 | Streetsblog Chicago | At public meeting on the CTA’s proposed 2025 budget, residents voice concerns about security and reliability
September 2024 | Chicago Sun Times | Letters for the Week of 9/24/24
April 2024 | WTTW | CTA Data Shows Reliance on Overtime, Chronic FOIA Delays and Years of Mischaracterized Records