Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 13
• Op-ed from Access Living CEO Karen Tamley: “Don’t let Chicago’s transit crisis erase decades of progress for people with disabilities” (Tribune)
• Micky Horstman from right-wing Illinois Policy Institute: “Before getting more taxpayer money, Chicago transit needs more fixes” (Tribune)
• CTA paying $6M to settle wrongful death suit after a bus driver struck a Sherry Fisher, 62, last year in N. Lawndale. Operator is no longer w/ CTA. (Tribune)
• Ald. Hopkins introduced legislation to ban class 3 low-speed e-bikes and e-motos from the sidewalk. (They already are, for people 12 and over.) (Axios)
• “Morton Grove latest in the area to consider e-bike use and rules, while not ‘trying to make enemies’ with town’s children” (Tribune)
• Ride Illinois and Active Transportation Alliance host online forum to discuss e-moto/e-bike ordinances Aug. 22 at noon
• CDOT micromobility czar David Powe: “Last year, nearly 6.5% of all shared micromobility trips in the US happened right here in Chicago.” (Twitter)
• Emily LaFlamme of Chicago-based CNT discusses Elevated Works technical assistance program that helps developers bring ETOD to life (Streetsblog USA)
• SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: At July CTA board meeting, discussion of better use of vacant retail spaces in ‘L’ stations (Evanston Now)
• “Meet Chicago’s last bike messengers. Here’s how they survive.” Includes John’s discussion of the ’90s courier scene. (WBEZ)
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