Talking Headways Podcast: Fixing Mobility as a Service
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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 24
By John Greenfield | | No Comments- Biden budget may give CTA, Metra, Pace more flexibility in spending $350M each agency receives each year (Crain’s)
- 3 children arrested, hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing stolen car into another vehicle at 83rd/State (FOX)
- CPD: Officer was responding to a service call when SUV driver struck squad car at Wilson/Ashland (CBS)
- U. of Chicago responds to increase in drivers striking pedestrians by… telling pedestrians to be more careful? (HPH)
- LFT between 56th and 57th Streets temporarily closed due to CDOT Obama Center work, signed detour set up (Park District)
- In 1897, Chicago introduced annual $1 bicycle license fee – which was nullified shortly thereafter (Outside)
- Bracket competition for Chicago’s best ‘L’ line launched on Twitter
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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 23
By John Greenfield | | No Comments- Tickets, signs not stopping illegal parking in bike lanes where 2 cyclists killed, NW Siders say (Block Club)
- Chicago Mag looks into hardware store’s and pizzeria’s claims that protected bike lanes hurt their businesses
- Bernardita Libot, 72, killed by drunk driver while walking in Morton Grove, remembered as pillar of community (ABC)
- Man, 18, charged with reckless homicide for North Park crash that killed Zainab Subhoh, 78, injured 6 (ABC)
- 3 injured, including 2 officers, after driver of possibly stolen car ran light at Pratt/Sheridan (WGN)
- “It’s Nothing”: Mother of Madison Harrison, 14, killed in 12/21 head-on crash, unsatisfied with probation sentence (NBC)
- Pace gets $1.92M federal grant that will help buy two electric buses for North Division in Waukegan
- Chicago Board of Ed approved $4M contract for routing school buses and providing other services (Block Club)
- Former SBC staffer Courtney Cobbs takes a bus journey with 5th Ward candidate Tina Hone (Active Trans)
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CTA ridership increased 24% last year, but better service is needed for continued growth
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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 22
By John Greenfield | | No Comments- 3-year Kennedy Expressway construction project, including closure of two southbound lanes, now underway (ABC)
- “Significant delays” expected on DuSable LSD through May for Obama Center road widening (Block Club)
- Woman, 78, killed, 6 injured, including 2 children, after teen driver struck another vehicle at Peterson/Kimball (NBC)
- 2 injured, 1 critically, after driver hit tree around midnight near Fullerton/Central in Belmont Cragin (ABC)
- Woman, 46, stabbed another woman near eye with screwdriver during late-night fight at Forest Park terminal (FPR)
- Letter: Smoking on the ‘L’ is a health hazard that discourages ridership, and could be easily addressed through more policing (Sun-Times)
- Letter: Metra’s plan to switch to regional rail with more frequent non-rush service is a great idea (Tribune)
- Cook County approves $5M for Metra’s $38M rehab of 95th/Cottage Grove station in Roseland (Connect CRE)
- John argues that fixing potholes for drivers should be deprioritized in ward budgets in favor of walk/bike/transit projects (WBEZ)
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What Parking Reform Means for People With Disabilities
By Kea Wilson | | No CommentsPre-tax transportation benefits mandate bill is moving forward in Springfield
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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 21
By John Greenfield | | No Comments- Driver in custody after fatally striking Bernadita Libot, 72, in 9200 block of Harlem in Morton Grove (CBS)
- Teen driver fleeing police runs over Waukegan man who had been on hood of her car (ABC)
- Allegedly drunk driver struck 3 vehicles in Yorkville, caused 4 drivers to veer into creek (NBC)
- UP-NW service has resumed after being halted near Barrington due to track obstruction this morning (CBS)
- Metra has started two-year $14.5M construction project at its Homewood Station (NWI Times)
- U. of Chicago celebrates Pedestrian Safety Week by telling people to wave red flags to ask drivers not to hit them
- On the third anniversary of COVID, Sun-Times runs gallery of streets emptied during Stay at Home
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