Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 19
Chicago takes the 9th place spot on USA Today’s most walkable cities list Bicyclist struck and killed yesterday in North Chicago identified as 36-year-old Kyle Summy (CBS Chicago) As Chicago bike use rises, so do fatalities (Axios) A pedestrian was fatally struck on the Stevenson Expressway late last night (ABC 7) Columnist Natalie Moore says … Continued
By
AJ LaTrace
1:33 PM CDT on May 19, 2023
- Chicago takes the 9th place spot on USA Today’s most walkable cities list
- Bicyclist struck and killed yesterday in North Chicago identified as 36-year-old Kyle Summy (CBS Chicago)
- As Chicago bike use rises, so do fatalities (Axios)
- A pedestrian was fatally struck on the Stevenson Expressway late last night (ABC 7)
- Columnist Natalie Moore says it’s time for a reckoning on public transit’s problems (Sun-Times)
- Planners share vision for South Side with Red Line extension (Block Club)
- Kennedy construction is causing trickle-down traffic jams everywhere (CBS Chicago)
- More than half of the 50 public schools shuttered 10 years ago are still vacant (WBEZ)
- Global cities expand bike lanes as cycling grows (Christian Science Monitor)
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