Amid rising food insecurity, access to food pantries affected by transit worries

As food insecurity increases across Chicago amid the pandemic and holiday season, accessing food resources through public transportation remains a worry for many families and individuals in need.

“As we know on the South Side, there is food apartheid, or what others might call food deserts,” said Cosmos Ray of Bronzeville Kenwood Mutual Aid at a town hall discussion hosted by the Active Transportation Alliance (ATA) on Tuesday evening.

“As we do food rescue to redistribute food and wealth from across the city and country, there’s a transportation aspect that’s involved in that. We see a lot of our residents that have to travel on the bus to go get food.”