The Death of the Muscle Car As We Know It Isn’t Necessarily Good News
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Two of the most notoriously dangerous muscle cars are being retired — but probably just to make room for heavier, bigger, and more dangerous greenwashed models.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 18
| | No Comments- Metra board approves plan to convert up to 6 of the oldest diesel locomotives to battery power
- Union Station will get $3M in federal funding for design process for renovations concourse level (Durbin)
- Block Club talks with planners and South Siders about the Red Line Extension
- Memorial held for Angela Short, 14, killed by allegedly intoxicated driver at bus stop (ABC)
- Anthony Dinion, 40, died Tuesday after being shot in thigh during altercation at 69th stop days earlier (Tribune)
- Fox Chicago rides the south Red Line with a large group of CPD transit officers
- Letter from SBC reader James Anderson: Instead of widening Ike, reopen shuttered stations (Sun-Times)
- City lets drivers park in bike lanes for days, forcing cyclists into dangerous situations (Block Club)
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Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives
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The federal government must take action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them, a Connecticut senator says.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 17
| | No Comments- CTA completes environmental review for Red Line extension on Far South Side (ABC)
- Crain’s reporter Greg Hinz looks at CTA’s plan to increase police presence
- Joshua Brumfield, 26, killed after driving the wrong way on Rte. 41 in Wadsworth and striking truck (CBS)
- Man, 52, critically injured after reportedly trying to run across DLSD near Addison and being struck by a driver (WGN)
- For the first time, Metra and Pace, as well as CTA, will offer free rides to elementary and high school students on 1st day
- Development with 50+ apartments, 15% affordable, proposed near California Blue stop in Logan (Block Club)
- A viral video may be to blame for wave of Hyundai and Kia thefts in Cook County (Block Club)
- Traffic reporter Sarah Jindra explains Chicago’s expressway naming system (WGN)
- Chicago, Bike Grid Now! Lincoln Ave. Bike Jam ride today at 5:30 PM, Legion Park South Playground, Catalpa/Virginia
- Major Taylor Trail Keepers ride this Saturday 8/20 in Whistler Woods, 7-7:30 AM registration, 8 AM start
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CTA, 4 other Illinois transit systems get federal funding for bus electrification
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There was good news on Tuesday for the CTA, as well as four other public transportation systems across Illinois, as the FTA announced $1.66 billion in grants to help electrify bus fleets nationwide.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 16
| | No Comments- Head of civil engineers group: “Please widen the Ike, encouraging more driving, so we can make more money.” (Sun-Times)
- WBEZ takes a closer look at the CTA’s efforts to address its reliability problems
- DePaul transit expert Joe Schwieterman weighs in on plan for additional policing of CTA (CBS)
- Man shot in thigh Sunday night at 69th Red Line station (CBS)
- $15K reward offered to help find men who shot Diunte Moon, 29, at 79th Street Red Line stop (CBS)
- Car found from reported vehicular homicide outside Jeffery Pub gay bar, incident is not yet being treated as hate crime (WTTW)
- 100s showed up for a music-filled memorial to Devonta Vivetter, one of the 3 victims of Jeffery Pub killing (Block Club)
- CPD releases images of car whose driver fatally struck man 58, at 5th/Pulaski in Garfield Park (FOX)
- Mural depicting history of Jefferson Park being installed in pedestrian alley across from CTA terminal (Nadig)
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Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
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On Aug. 5, actress Anne Heche, 53, crashed her car into a home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, igniting a fire that destroyed both the residence and her vehicle and left Heche with severe injuries.
Volunteers protect pedestrians from DLSD red light scofflaws, CPD enables the lawbreakers
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During an action to force northbound drivers to stop running red lights during the walk signal at Balbo/DLSD, police manually changed the signal to accommodate motorists, making pedestrians wait longer.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 15
| | No Comments- Driver murdered 3 men, including Devonta Vivetter, 27, and Donald Huey, 25, during fight outside Jeffery Pub (ABC)
- Driver dies after rear-ending another vehicle on Eisenhower near 1st Ave., other motorist uninjured (FOX)
- Police seek help IDing man struck and seriously injured by driver 8/2 at Jackson/Pulaski in Garfield Park (CBS)
- Crain’s editorial: Here’s hoping CTA and CPD will follow through on promise to make transit reliable and safe
- Man dies after falling onto tracks at Francisco Brown Line station, train operator hospitalized (FOX)
- Letter: Why spend $3.6B to extend Red Line when we could get similar results by upgrading MED? (Tribune)
- CBS looks at the $20M federal grant to upgrade the Harvey Transportation Center for Metra, Pace riders
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Chicago’s car-centric streets take the life of another child, Taha Khan, 5, in Sauganash
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Some have argued this death was simply the result of a young boy wandering into the road. But driver behavior and street design may have contributed to sealing the boy's fate.
Englewood Nature Trail, other Illinois walk/bike/transit projects get federal RAISE grants
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced awardees for the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. Find out which projects are being funded in Illinois.