Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 20

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  • Lightfoot Wants to Maintain Civil Relationship With Trump for the Sake of Transpo Grants (WaPo)
  • Dorval Carter Is Staying on as CTA President Under the New Administration (Tribune)
  • Hit-and-run Driver Fatally Struck Cleo Andrews, 41, Near Chicago State University (NBC)
  • Police Are Trying to ID Woman in Her 20s Whom Driver Struck in Rogers Park (Fox)
  • Driver Crashed Into Spring Grove House, Pinning Woman, 71, Under His Pickup (Tribune)
  • Police Release Images of 6 Suspects in Attack on Sleeping Red Line Passenger (CBS)
  • Fight on Cicero Platform Halted Green Line Trains (Sun-Times)
  • Switching Problems at Union Station Saturday Caused Cancelations and Delays (WBBM)
  • Anti-Bike Lane Conspirator Chuck Schumer Calls for Probe of CTA’s Railcar Supplier (Tribune)
  • City-Provided Free Bike Lessons Lessons for Adults Are Coming in June (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 17

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  • Lynda, John, Mary Wisniewski, and LaRisa Lynch Discuss Rahm’s Transportation Legacy on WBEZ
  • …Active Trans’ Ron Burke, CTA’s Dorval Carter, and Alderman Joe Moreno Do the Same (Curbed)
  • The Loop Has Gained Over 21K residents, a 28.9% Rise in population (Crain’s)
  • 2 Injured After Minivan Driver Crashes Into Evanston McDonald’s (Sun-Times)
  • Sun-Times Calls for a Speed Limit on the LFT to Address the Lakefront Lance Phenomenon
  • Blair Kamin Checks Out the New Bike-Hostile East Riverwalk Design (Tribune)
  • This Story of a Purse Lost on the Red Line and Recovered Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 16

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  • After Glenview Spends $505K in Lobbying, Pritzker Kills Hiawatha Expansion Plan (Urban Milwaukee)
  • Active Trans Launches New Crash Support Website, Including Lawyers Vetted by Active Trans
  • Due to Construction, NB Red Trains Will Run Express N. of Sheridan This Weekend (Sun-Times)
  • Woman Sexually Assaulted at Kenosha Metra Station (Kenosha News)
  • Uber May Bring Thousands of Workers to Offices at Old Post Office Redevelopment (Tribune)
  • Oak Brook Residents Want Walking and Biking Paths on Former McDonalds Campus (Tribune)
  • Chainlinkers: 3 Floyds Brewery in Munster, IN, Is No Longer a Great Biking Destination

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 15

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  • Curbed Looks at Rahm Emanuel’s Transportation Legacy
  • 1 Dead, 2 Injured After Driver Crashes Into Assessor’s Office in Beach Park (Sun-Times)
  • CDOT Releases Plan for Minor Safety Improvements on North Avenue in Austin (OakPark.com)
  • Glencoe Schools Get $100K in State Grants for Safe Routes to School Improvements (Tribune)
  • Lathrop Homes Path Is a New Link in the Chicago River Trail (Active Trans)
  • The New Play “Amicable” Is Set on a Metra Train (Reader)
  • Ride of Silence Chicago Gathers Tonight at 6 PM at Daley Plaza to Honor Crash Victims
  • Metra Is Adding Additional Runs for Memorial Day (CBS)

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