Today’s Headlines

By John Greenfield
Apr 3, 2013

IDOT Finalizing Circle Interchange Plans (Tribune)
Report Shows Illinois Bike Trails Bring Economic Benefits (Active Trans)
Bicyclist Killed in North Riverside (Sun-Times)
CTA Plans to Upgrade Wireless Service in Red and Blue Line Subways (CBS)
Family Files Suit Against Officers for Car Chase That Killed Their Son (Tribune)
Man Held on $500K Bail for Fatal Bishop Ford Crash (Tribune, Sun-Times)
Driver dies of Apparent Heart Attack on Kennedy, Crashes into Wall (Tribune)
Police Officer, 3 Others Hurt In Car Chase on the South Side (Tribune, DNA)
Woman Injured in Alleged Lake Shore Drive DUI Remains in Coma (DNA)
CTA Offering Kids Trackworker Costume on Gift Site (RedEye)

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By John Greenfield | May 26, 2015

Chicago should have effective traffic enforcement and forgiving street design, so that if a small child runs across a residential street, she doesn’t pay for the mistake with her life. Sadly, that was not the case for Maria Gonzalez, a five-year-old girl who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver last Saturday afternoon in the […]

Driver Who Killed Noah Katz, 2, In Portage Park Charged With Misdemeanors

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2016

A two-year-old boy is dead and his mother is injured after a driver blew a stop sign and failed to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk while turning left in Portage Park, according to police. At around 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Noah Katz, 2, and his 39-year-old mother were crossing eastbound in the south leg of […]

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Police Officer: Video Shows Driver Who Killed Noah Katz Stopped at Stop Sign

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2016

The driver who killed two-year-old Noah Katz in the Portage Park community area Sunday afternoon was charged with running a stop sign, as well as other misdemeanors. But according to a police officer said recently recovered video shows the motorists actually stopped at the sign, a source said this afternoon. At about 4:10 p.m. Sunday, […]

Bobby Cann. Photo: Michelle Klosinski, Groupon

The Driver Who Killed Cyclist Bobby Cann May Plead Guilty Next Month

By John Greenfield | Dec 22, 2016

A guilty plea would bring a resolution to the case, which has been dragging on for years, but the defense has indicated that they won't accept jail time.

Good luck, pedestrians. Streets and intersections like this make Fort Myers, Florida, the most dangerous place for walking in the U.S. Photo: Google Maps via Artie Bonney

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Can America’s Most Dangerous Place to Walk Change Its Streets?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 20, 2017

The most dangerous metro area in America for walking is Fort Myers, Florida. The area has a committed group of reformers who've been making some strides, but a recent report shows more must be done.

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Before “Accident,” Deadly Driving Was “Homicide By Automobile”

By Brad Aaron | Aug 6, 2015

In the early 20th century “chauffeur” was synonymous with “motorist,” and by 1906 Life Magazine had had enough of them. Doug Gordon at Brooklyn Spoke dug up a column titled “Get After the Chauffeurs,” in which Life reported on a two-vehicle crash in Central Park that killed several people, including the driver who caused the collision. “That one got […]