Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 23
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Sun-Times endorses redevelopment plan for Michael Reese, including new 27th St. Metra stop Chicago’s transit recovery is going better than peer cities like NYC, D.C. (CBS) Man driving Jeep hits another Jeep under Lake ‘L’, sending it crashing into supports, then shoots its driver (CBS) Truck driver crashes, spills gravel on 2 lanes of Bishop […]
CDOT promises new strategic plan will center equity, help fight intergenerational poverty
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During the last decade, we've seen a number of of CDOT plans that only saw a fraction of the strategies actually implemented. Here's hoping that the Strategic Plan for Transportation will be different.
Carpacalypse now: CLA report shows skyrocketing parking levels, modest transit gains
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The carmaggeddon these Chicago Loop Alliance reports forecasted months ago is here.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 22
| | No Comments- Nearly 700 people applied for 50 apartments in Logan all-affordable TOD (Block Club)
- Metra says its ridership is growing, with over 70,000 riders a day are using its trains this month (Sun-Times)
- 2 men are in critical condition after driver crashes into Belmont Cragin storefront (Sun-Times)
- Police release image of jeep who’s driver injured pedestrian, 61, in Park Manor and fled (CBS)
- Man stabbed on Damen bus in Logan Square in 2nd stabbing incident on CTA property in one day (Sun-Times)
- Big warehouse proposed across from Goose Island, which is poised to become residential (Crain’s)
- Arlington Heights launches public art competition for Kensington pedestrian underpass (ABC)
- Mundelein hosted local Intelligentsia Cup race on Monday (Tribune)
- This weekend’s Sundays on State will feature karaoke, music, and vaccinations (Block Club)
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R.I.P. former Lakeview alderman Bernie Hansen, a legendary bikeway obstructionist
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Despite his redeeming qualities, Hansen will be remembered as Chicago's second-least-bike-friendly alderman named Bernard.
Bike/train crash death of Darryl Len Pruitt, 60, raises Metra crossing safety issues
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It was the latest in a series of tragic incidents involving people illegally crossing Metra gates, raising questions about what the commuter railroad can do to improve safety at crossings.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 21
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- City Council vote on redevelopment of Michael Reese site today (Block Club)
- Teen driver charged with reckless homicide after single-car crash that killed his 4 passengers in Hickory Hills (NBC)
- Bicyclist killed in collision with Metra train at 102nd/Vincennes in Beverly (Beverly Review)
- Hit-and-run driver, 18, turns himself in after fatally striking Marcia D. Morris, 63, near N. Shore Channel Trail (ABC)
- Driver strikes and injures 2 people eating in Evanston’s pedestrianized Fountain Square, 1 seriously (CBS)
- Evanston debuts a Slow Streets treatment on Greenleaf (Chicago Tribune)
- Yellow Line shut down yesterday afternoon, replaced with shuttle bus, due to signal problems (CTA)
- Should we cancel Lollapalooza as cases climb? Lightfoot says no, but attendees should be vaccinated (Block Club)
- Downtown Lemont welcomes I&M Canal bike share (Chicago Tribune)
- Bike tour on Saturday explores history of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot (Block Club)
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Op-Ed: Stop Tolerating Roadway Deaths in our Communities and Start Prioritizing Traffic Safety over Speed
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The lack of attention to our shameful national record of traffic deaths in the latest infrastructure debate is a political, professional, and moral failing.
“We’ve got to do better”: Buttigieg, Chicago officials rally support for Biden’s infra plan
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Buttigieg said he's confident the largest infrastructure bill in U.S. history will pass Congress, stressing its importance from equity and climate change standpoints.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 20
| | No Comments- WTTW’s 2021 summer festival guide lists dozens of outdoor events
- City approves $60 million to build streets and infra for redevelopment of Michael Reese site (Sun-Times)
- A 36-year-old woman was stabbed early this morning on a Blue Line train (CBS 2)
- Judge orders CTA bus driver who shot himself while on duty to be released (Tribune)
- Downtown Mundelein transformed for day of bike races (Daily Herald)
- Lincoln Square residents continue to push for Winnemac Park dog park (Block Club)
- Hops for Hope 5K to raise money for Project Mobility’s adaptive bikes (Daily Herald)
- Conde Nast Traveler explains why Amtrak’s business class is worth the splurge
- Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella shares street shots of Tokyo in lead up to Olympics
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The Most Dangerous Roads in America for Walkers
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Three quarters of the most fatal roads in America for pedestrians are located in low-income neighborhoods, a new study finds.