Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 28
| | No Comments- Transit consultant Ed Zotti: Red Line extension is too expensive and we should upgrade MED instead (Crain’s)
- Decades after Racine Green Line station closed, Englewood activists renew push to reopen it (Sun-Times)
- Wrong-way driver slams into several cars at 87th/Cottage Grove, killing self and passenger and injuring 16 bystanders (CNN)
- SUV driver, 71, veers off 400 block of East Northwest Highway in Des Plaines onto sidewalk, killing woman, 42, and man, 80 (Herald)
- CPD releases image of pickup truck whose driver struck pedestrian at 2559 S. Drake Ave. in North Lawndale (FOX)
- Hit-and-run driver strikes another vehicle on 3100 block of West Fullerton in Logan Square, injuring the other motorist (NBC)
- Letter: Trial lawyer uses CTA crime as an excuse to slam Illinois’ Safe-T Act bail reform measure (Sun-Times)
- Here are the schedules for the CTA holiday train and bus, which are running now (NBC)
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More than 500 People Will Die on Roads This Thanksgiving (But They Don’t Have To)
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An estimated 518 people will die in car crashes on U.S. roads this Thanksgiving, a leading safety organization says — but little is being done to save lives by addressing the root causes of traffic violence.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 23
| | No Comments- Cop who shot up escalator of busy station, injuring Ariel Roman, acquitted of battery and misconduct charges (NBC)
- Driver struck and injured man, 30, causing life-threatening injuries Tuesday in Cedar Lake, NW Indiana (NWI Times)
- CPD searching for suspect accused of crashing stolen car into 5 parked vehicles in North Park neighborhood (ABC)
- Girl, 16, shot in leg Tuesday afternoon on sidewalk near 95th Red stop (WGN)
- Metra will add 18 trains (9 inbound and 9 outbound) to weekday UP-N service, for a total of 58 runs
- Metra MD-W service disrupted Tuesday afternoon due to gas leak in west-suburban Bartlett (CBS)
- WaPo notes that ex-CDOT chief Gabe Klein, tapped to run Biden’s vehicle electrification efforts, has 3 e-bikes
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Railroad strike threat resurfaces, could impact most Metra lines
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The specter of a railroad strike shutting down much of the country’s freight railroad network and some of Metra’s busiest rail lines has risen once again.
Monica M. Eason, 42, is second person fatally struck on 3-block stretch of Pulaski in 4 months
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Eason was the 27th person fatally struck on foot on Chicago streets in 2022.
Signs, signs, everywhere a sign: Check out the new O’Hare ‘L’ station wayfinding signage
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New signs and other wayfinding elements have been installed along the routes from O’Hare’s baggage claims in Terminals 1, 2, and 3 to the 'L' stop.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 22
| | No Comments- Rail workers at the biggest unions split over contract deal, raising the specter of Metra service disruptions (NBC)
- Hit-and-run driver fatally struck woman, 42, in a crosswalk in the 900 block of South Pulaski (NBC)
- 2 injured after speeding driver struck another car on Central Avenue, causing inbound lane closures (CBS)
- SUV driver crashed into the front of a Walgreens at Ontario/Clark in River North, no injuries (ABC)
- Man who torched CTA van in 2020 summer civil unrest sentenced to 3 years and nine months in prison (FOX)
- CTA closes bus stops near Obama Center site, but they’re still being used despite unsafe conditions (Block Club)
- South Siders weighed in on future of Major Taylor Trail at community meeting; next meeting is December 10 (Block Club)
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Two Chicago moms creating cycling community
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Christina Hayford and Rebecca Resman lead kid-centric bike rides in Lakeview and Roscoe Village.
ORD terminal expansion OKed, updates on ped tunnels, people mover and garages
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In addition to the $12.1 billion terminal expansion project, the city provided updates on walking, transit, and, unfortunately, driving projects at the airport.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 21
| | No Comments- Hundreds turned out for CTA job fair at Olive Harvey College (FOX)
- ATA: Sidewalk snow removal should be a municipal service
- Driver fleeing traffic stop killed, 6 injured in multi-vehicle crash at 14th/Michigan (ABC)
- Motorist speeding on 4-lane stretch of Touhy in Lincolnwood died after striking tree (FOX)
- 2 CPD officers injured at Pratt/Rockwell in West Ridge, apparently after running stop sign without siren on (CBS)
- Woman, 38, in fair condition after hit-and-run driver struck her in crosswalk at Ohio/Rush (ABC)
- Can a “tracked vehicle” sticker from the sheriff’s office help deter carjackers? (Block Club)
- ATA looks at the shrine to fallen bicyclists at a recent Day of the Dead celebration in Hermosa
- What makes for a good bike room, and how do you get one in your building? (ATA)
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Eyes on the Street: New bus stop islands on Milwaukee Avenue on Near Northwest Side
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CDOT has installed a number of new bus boarding islands on Milwaukee Avenue in River West and Logan Square, with the islands doubling as bikeway protection