New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Encourage
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A groundbreaking new calculator gives advocates the tools they need to instantly show the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 20
| | No Comments- Park will replace vacant lot at Kimball and The 606, city is doing cleanup of contamination (Block Club)
- Man died after falling on tracks at Roosevelt; Green, Orange service were partially halted (CBS)
- Several vehicles, including a police truck, demolished in Englewood crash, no word on injuries (CBS)
- Boy, 5, found wandering around the Belmont Red station reunited with mother (CBS)
- Ald. Hopkins organizes safety walk in Wicker Park after several shootings and robberies (Block Club)
- John discusses the upcoming permanent dockless rental e-scooter program on WBEZ
- Englewood neighbors are painting the 58th Street viaduct this weekend – here’s how you can help (Block Club)
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Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage
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Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns.
IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.
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IDOT wants to strip parking on a short stretch of Busse Highway in Park Ridge to make way for bike lanes. Residents are pushing back. But a 4-to-3 conversion would be a better strategy.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 19
| | No Comments- Man fatally struck by CTA driver near Buena LFT underpass IDed as William Hiebel, 85 (ABC)
- 2 cops injured, 1 civilian injured after Lexus driver runs red in South Austin (Tribune)
- Man arrested for alleged hate-crime attack at Argyle stop was accidentally released (NBC)
- Red Line trains were rerouted due to person on tracks at Harrison having mental health crisis (CBS)
- Latest Six Corners proposal gets panned for having too many parking lots (Block Club)
- Rolling street closures today for Chicago Sky victory parade starting at 11 AM (Block Club)
- Chicago Bike Collective Ride on Friday 11/5, assembling at 6pm at 27th and Halsted
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Open Boulevards in North Lawndale: “It makes you want to come outside”
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Douglas Boulevard for walking, jogging, biking, live music, games, a Haitian American Museum of Chicago exhibit, and grilling: a day of fun and culture.
Driver fatally struck Mary Johnson, 82, in North Lawndale and left the scene
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Johnson was the 18th person killed on foot on Chicago streets this year.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 18
| | No Comments- Metra won’t raise fares, restoring full service in 2022 (NBC)
- An update on the CTA’s efforts to transition to an electric bus fleet (FSM)
- A driver fatally struck Mary Johnson, 82, at 11th/California in North Lawndale (ABC)
- Motorcyclist dies after crashing in Little Village while pursuing driver after minor collision (Sun-Times)
- 4-year-old boy, 3 adults serious injured in pin-in crash in Grand Crossing (CBS)
- Fire at Wrightwood/Lincoln near ‘L’ tracks in Lincoln Park didn’t seem to impact service (ABC)
- Park Ridge officials object to IDOT stripping parking for bike lanes on a road lined with parking lots (Tribune)
- Here To Stay Community Land Trust aims to slow housing displacement in Logan, Hermosa (Block Club)
- Rail yard bird: A live rooster was spotted on the Blue Line tracks (CTA Fails)
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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Dodge Truancy v. Mercedes Benz E-Class
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Today, we’re looking at two spots that might initially seem like opposites: a nostalgic ode to the 1980s NASCAR aesthetic, and a starry-eyed love-letter to an autonomous driving future that America is nowhere near achieving.
Dissenting opinions: Why do some bike shop owners oppose the Pratt bike bridge?
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The arguments against building the bridge don't outweigh the positives: safer, more convenient, and more pleasant east-west bike and pedestrian access.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 15
| | No Comments- Metra unveils 2022 operating, capital budgets (Rail Age)
- Man charged with 4 felonies for punching senior, pushing her onto ‘L’ tracks at Cermak Green (ABC)
- Man charged with aggravated battery in attack on woman, 18, on Blue Line near Washington (CBS)
- Bike Box in North Lawndale Bike Box offers free loaner bikes, repairs, affordable cycles for purchase (WTTW)
- Street mural, curb extensions, new crosswalks coming to Harrison/Homan in North Lawndale (Block Club)
- Plan for office tower at 360 N. Green, near Morgan stop, drops parking from 256 to 90 spaces (Chicago YIMBY)
- Folks legend John Prine gets honorary street sign in Lincoln Park (Block Club)
- UTC hosts a discussion with Pace director Rocky Donahue on Thursday 10/21, noon to 1:30
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