Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 18
| | No Comments- After hit-and-run driver injured Oscars Olivares, 27, in Avondale, neighbors are raising money for him (Block Club)
- 13-year-old boy shot in leg while riding bike in West Pullman (Sun-Times)
- Group of people of Divvy bikes attack man on bike at Madison/Wabash, steal his cycle (CBS)
- New service offers by-the-month scooter rentals, advocates say more PBLs are needed (Tribune)
- Letter: Rename Grant Park for DuSable instead of LSD (Sun-Times)
- Chicago cyclist attempts world record bike ride around Lake Michigan (ABC)
- Here’s a guide to local bike routes from the Daily Herald
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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 17
| | No Comments- As of Tuesday, Metra had more than 56,637 passenger trips, a post-COVID high (Sun-Times)
- Daily Northwestern looks at changes to Evanston Metra Union Pacific North line service
- CPD: Speeding driver, 19, died after crashing into guardrail on LSD near North Ave. (ABC)
- One driver flipped over, another vehicle caught fire in a crash on Garfield near the Ryan (CBS)
- Vaccine shots now offered at some CTA stations, including Pfizer for those 12 and up (ABC)
- Ald. Moore filed notice to say he’ll call for a vote on DuSable Drive at 6/23 Council meeting (WBEZ)
- Ex-Tribune transportation reporter Wisniewski: Honor DuSable by shrinking LSD to human scale
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In the wake of Kevin Clark’s death, will we enact real change to fix Chicago’s streets?
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Do we have the infrastructure and will to implement safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation in Chicago? That remains to be seen.
Amtrak is restoring long-distance service and dining, and replacing seat cushions
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Amtrak wants to make riding across the United States cheaper, more comfortable, and easier this year, as more and more people get vaccinated and it becomes safer to travel.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 16
| | No Comments- CBS: In the first 5 weeks of 6 mph speed tickets, about 400K citations were issued
- Metra extends $10 All-Day Pass through September (Fox)
- Residents say hundreds of motorcyclists have been illegally using the 41st Street pedestrian bridge (CBS)
- Chicago’s water fountains will be turned on this summer, but not for weeks (Block Club)
- Tribune’s Eric Zorn looks at the racial divide in support for DuSable Drive
- The Bronzeville Freedom Ride takes place on Juneteenth at noon at Wintrust Arena
- Historical society of OPRF to host Juneteenth bike tour across Oak Park (Tribune)
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How green, walkable, bikeable, play-friendly streets promote good mental health
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Urban design that makes space for residents to safely and easily interact with the outdoors and each other plays a major role in both physical and psychological well-being.
Anti-DuSable Drive aldermen paid for survey showing most Chicagoans are fine with DSD
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Reilly and Hopkins' also reaffirmed that chicagoans who are opposed are largely white folks like the ones who overwhelmingly make up the aldermen's own constituencies.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 15
| | No Comments- Editorial: New $180M State/Lake CTA station would be a boon to downtown — and the city (Sun-Times)
- Police release image of truck whose driver injured cyclist at Madison/Kostner (NBC)
- Over $2.5 million earmarked for Lake County bike paths and sidewalks (IL Senate Democrats)
- Elmwood Park purchases lot near Metra station, hopes to see it developed (Tribune)
- After much discussion, Northbrook Days fest finds new home near downtown Metra station (Tribune)
- Sun-Times columnists Mary Mitchell and Neil Steinberg endorse DuSable Drive
- Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson on the need to uplift DuSable’s Potawatomi wife Kitihawa (Sun-Times)
- A good problem to have: Cubs fans biking to game leave a huge pile of Divvy bikes (Sun-Times)
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Troubling: Loop Alliance report shows short-term Loop parking is skyrocketing
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Encouraging commuters and visitors to the Loop to bike or take public transportation needs to be a top priority.
Weigh in on design elements of the Clark/Devon Streetscape project
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The two finalists among the potential design options for the Devon/Clark streetscape project were revealed at the hearing, . Residents are now being asked to weigh in on the final choice.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 14
| | No Comments- CTA welcomes back riders at full capacity, introduces Transit Ambassadors (NBC)
- 2 Chicago police officers, another driver hurt in South Austin crash (NBC)
- Prosecutors detail incident where maskless man refused CTA bus entry shot at driver (ABC)
- Reilly and Hopkins’ $12K survey confirmed most Chicagoans unopposed to DuSable Drive (Crain’s)
- New pedestrian and bike bridge over Fox River opens in downtown Aurora (Tribune)
- Why was there a massive pileup of Divvy bikes in Wrigleyville yesterday?
- Is there anywhere to park a bike indoors in the Loop for the weekend nowadays? (The Chainlink)
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