Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 22
| | 5 Comments- Mayoral Candidates Support Upgrading Metra Electric (Active Trans)
- Why Are U.S. Cities Becoming More Dangerous for Pedestrians and Cyclists? (Fast Company)
- Multibillion-Dollar Plan Would Build High-Rises Over Metra Tracks by Soldier Field (Tribune)
- MED Saw Major Delays After Freight Derailment Near East Hazel Crest (Sun-Times)
- What a Racket! Check Out the Squash Court Being Built at Union Station (Tribune)
- Chainlinkers Share Winter Bike Chain Maintenance Tips
- Anthony Foxx Will Keynote the Shared Mobility Summit, March 5-7 at the Fairmont Hotel
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Talking Headways Podcast: Mapping the Land
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This week, we learn about digital mapping.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 21
| | 2 Comments- Tribune: Metra Ridership Fell 9% Between 2014 and 2018, While Fares Rose 4 Times
- Most Mayoral Candidates Support a Dedicated Bike Walk Fund (Active Trans)
- No Charges for Driver Who Critically Injured Girl Near Downer’s Grove School (Sun-Times)
- Motorist Charged With DUI for Crash That Injured State Trooper on I-94 (ABC)
- Driver, 87, Plows Into Mexican Restaurant in Batavia (Sun-Times)
- Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Passenger on CTA Bus Charged (Block Club)
- Chicagoans of Various Incomes Discuss They Make Ends Meet, Including Transit (Vice)
- Chuy Garcia: City Funds Used for ‘L’ Noise Abatement Wall Behind Burke’s House (Sun-Times)
- Fire at Metal-Plating Plant in Fulton Market Disrupts Green, Pink Line Trains (CBS)
- 2 TODs Heading to Western Avenue Near the Bloomingdale Trail (Curbed)
- Arcadis and Jacobs Chosen to Help Lead the CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization Project
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Car2go Is Offering Chicagoans $20 in Free Credit to Roll to the Polls Next Tuesday
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No word yet on whether the service's eight-month pilot will be extended.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 20
| | 6 Comments- Community Development Commission OKs $900M Lincoln Yards TIF (Sun-Times)
- Judge Upholds Lawsuit Opposing Obama Presidential Center Location (Curbed)
- 3 Injured, Including 1-Year-Old, in Fiery Burbank Crash (Sun-Times)
- State Trooper Injured in Crash on Dan Ryan Near 43rd in Bronzeville (Sun-Times)
- Slick Morning Commute as Snow Turns to Freezing Rain in Northern Illinois (Tribune)
- ELPC: Let’s Revitalize the Pedway With Better Wayfinding, Coordination, Activation (Crain’s)
- Lincoln Square Residents Say They Want Brick Buildings, Not Strip Malls (Block Club)
- Video: Man in Official-Looking Yellow Coat Tries to Steal Bike, Flees When Questioned (Chainlink)
- Evanston Declines to Paint “Eyesore” RR Bridge in Middle of Town (Tribune)
- Elevated Chicago Equitable TOD Symposium Takes Places 3/7 at 230 S. LaSalle
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Meet the Cincinnati Wheelchair User Struck Three Times by Drivers
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Neil Kelly has been hit by two SUVs and a van in just 10 months. He tells Streetsblog about his struggle to stay safe in a wheelchair in the Queen City.
CTA Extends Pullman Shuttle to Serve New Community Center, 5 Other Routes
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The extension, which launches March 31, will nearly double the length of the #111A Pullman Shuttle Route.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 8
| | 2 Comments- Developer Promises Lincoln Yards Will Include Transpo Improvements (Sun-Times)
- Driver Fatally Struck Gerald Frens, 75, With Side Mirror in Elk Grove Village (Fox)
- Police Searching for Driver Who Struck a Pedestrian Near McCormick Place (CBS)
- Metra Passenger Attacked Employee in Palos Park (CBS)
- Cycle Smithy Is the Latest Victim in Wave of High-End Bike Theft Cases (CBS)
- A Chainlinker Searches for the Roger Park Bike Builder Who Made His Dad’s Ride
- A Glass Squash Court Is Coming to Union Station’s Grand Hall (Tribune)
- Blackstone Bikes Seeking Artists to Create Pop-up Shop With Youths (Chainlink)
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With Limited Resources, Pace Considers Reshuffling Express Service Along I-55
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The suburban transit agency is cutting some low-ridership routes to allow for increasing service on crowded lines.
What TransitCenter’s New “Who’s on Board” Study Means for Chicago
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Chicago and New York were the only cities studied where Uber and Lyft had a greater impact on transit ridership than increased private car use.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 18
|- Active Trans Now Releases Candidates’ Transportation Questionnaire Responses
- (FWIW) Lime Has Endorsed the Active Trans Agenda
- South Branch Vision Advances the Chicago River Trail (Active Trans)
- CMAP Chief Joe Szabo Is Stepping Down (Crain’s)
- 2 City Bodies Will Soon Consider Approving TIF Funding for Lincoln Yards (ChiGov)
- Police Seek Lyft Driver Who Critically Injured Woman, 59, in Rogers Park (CBS)
- Security Images Released of Man Who Allegedly Attacked Pregnant Woman on Red Line (ABC)
- SCC Claims Judge Who Gave Bobby Cann’s Killer 10 Days Reassigned After Using Misogynist Slur
- MPC Roundtable on VMT Taxes Friday 2/22 at Noon, 140 S. Dearborn #1400
- Lake Bluff Bikes and Brews Fest Sunday 2/24 at Taproom Near the Metra Station
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