How Uber Could Get Its Drivers Out of the Bike Lanes
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Operators driving for the for-hire behemoth break traffic laws with abandon — compromising our safety. But Uber could use its data to police them.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February
| | No Comments- City promises to roll out public safety plan for CTA this week (WGN)
- Driver fatally struck pedestrian at Irving Park and 25th Ave. in Schiller Park (ABC)
- Man charged in crash that injured 5, including 2 Chicago police officers (Fox)
- Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male pedestrian, 59, in Englewood (Block Club)
- Cyclist, 30, attacked and stabbed in the shoulder on the Bloomingdale Trail (Block Club)
- Less than 2 weeks after fatal Metra/car crash, another collision in Arlington Heights (Tribune)
- Police: Carjacker crashed stolen vehicle on Dan Ryan, then stole another (WGN)
- Active Trans will honor SBC with their 2020 Nonprofit Leadership Award at 3/5 gala
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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 24
| | No Comments- In response to violent crime wave on the ‘L’, SWAT officers will ride CTA trains (NBC)
- Speeding SUV driver injures 3 pedestrians at Randolph/Halsted (NBC)
- 4 injured when South Shore Line train derails near Millennium Station (Sun-Times)
- Red line service delayed by reports of naked person on tracks near Clark/Divison (NBC)
- Delays on Loop trains Friday due to malfunctioning Green Line cars (CBS)
- 920 units proposed for 725 W. Randolph site, 8-minute walk from Clinton stop (Block Club)
- New CSO ad highlights orchestra members’ car-free commutes
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With new all-door boarding pilot, CTA takes a modest step towards modernizing buses
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The CTA will be installing Ventra card readers on the rear door of all Jeffery Jump and University of Chicago Hospitals Express busess.
Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road
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A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.
Riding the Tiger: What’s up with those wacky hybrid Orange and Brown ‘L’ trains?
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Here's the skinny about the CTA's weird Orange Line runs that become Brown Line trains when they reach the Loop, and then turn back into Orange trains.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 21
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- Man charged in Monday’s fatal Jackson CTA tunnel shooting (Sun-Times)
- After Mag Mile robbery, suspects fled on Red Line tracks, causing major delay (Tribune)
- Loop Alliance: Using the State Street median to store city vehicles is a waste of space (WTTW)
- Hackathon will help Lawndale figure out how to use vacant lots under the Pink Line (Block Club)
- New Double Door music club site proposed near Wilson station (Block Club)
- New Geoffrey Baer travelogue “Chicago by ‘L'” premieres March 4 (WTTW)
- Bike Lane Uprising holds a happy hour at a location TBD on March 19
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Let’s modernize Chicago transportation with old-school technology
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Tech gurus like Elon Musk say we "electric sleds," car tunnels, autonomous vehicles, and Hyperloop tubes will save America's cities from gridlock. What we really need is more trains, buses, and bikes.
At Pace hearing in Wilmette, concerns about impact of route changes on students, workers
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This was the last of a series of public meetings on a set of proposed changes in the north suburbs as part the second phase of the North Shore Coordination Plan.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 20
| | No Comments- Driver fatally struck Lyndsey Lagestee Friday in Mount Greenwood (Sun-Times)
- Safety changes were planned for 87th/Pulaski Metra crossing before last week’s death (Tribune)
- 3 seriously injured after police chase ends in crash in Aurora (NBC)
- CTA bus driver crashes into fence, 5 parked CPD cars in North Lawndale (NBC)
- 3 pickpocketing incidents reported near 79th Street Red Line station (Sun-Times)
- Proposed MED service changes would reduce rush-hour service in Hyde Park (HP Herald)
- Senior housing development at Portage Park’s 6 corners is finally moving forward (Block Club)
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Seattle decreased solo driving commutes, and Chicago can too
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Thanks to transportation progressive policies, the number of commuters driving solo in the Seattle region dropped from 53 percent in 2010 to 44 percent in 2018. Chicago should learn from that example.