Skip to Content
Streetsblog Chicago home
Streetsblog Chicago home
Log In
Today's stories are presented by

Posts

Sponsored by GOGO Charters - Chicago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 19

Mobility Justice

La primera reunión de Chicago Mobility Collaborative de 2025 incluyó un panel sobre “infraestructura interseccional,” en colaboración con Palenque LSNA

CTA

At CTA board meeting, talk of funding doomsday scenario, bus lane enforcement contract, new concessions / newsletter / podcast

Illinois Legislature

Lots of pro-walk/bike/transit legislation may be up for a vote this spring in Springfield. Lawmakers discuss why they’re backing it.

Sustainable Transportation Advocacy

Blurred lines: At three meetings this week at downtown terminals, Metra asks riders for input on renaming commuter rail routes

Fatality Tracker

Two pedestrians were fatally struck in Chicago in past week: Camryn Green, 26, in Norwood Park and Jamie Cerney, 38, near Midway

March 19, 2025
Streetsblog Chicago

Uptown funk? Some drivers are bummed about CDOT’s proposal to convert parking to PBLs on Clark N. of Montrose. They shouldn’t worry.

Mobility Justice

La primera reunión de Chicago Mobility Collaborative de 2025 incluyó un panel sobre “infraestructura interseccional,” en colaboración con Palenque LSNA

Click here to donate to Streetsblog Chicago
Streetsblog Chicago

Help Streetsblog Chicago raise funds to fight for better walk/bike/transit in 2025

This has been a big year for Chicagoland sustainable transportation issues, but there are greater challenges ahead in 2025.

Sustainable Transportation Advocacy

All is quiet on New Year’s Day. 5th and final part of SBC’s Bike Lane Fest 2024: South Side

Other recent stories

Red Line Extension

Not like us? A Toronto transit advocate says value of Red Line Extension is dubious. A South Side worker argues they missed the point.

CTA

At her joyful retirement party, the “Mayor” of the Armitage Brown Line station offers advice to live by for riders – and CTA brass

Transit Policy

A better way to run a railroad: The transit reform opportunity

A combination of governance and operational reforms could deliver the transit system riders deserve

Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act

At State Senate committee meeting on MMA, transit advocates voiced support, but collar counties opposed simple-majority voting proposal

Representatives of Kane and McHenry counties argued that if MMA board decisions didn't require a supermajority vote, their districts would be disempowered.

Subscribe to our

DAILY EMAIL DIGEST

Sponsored by Roscoe Village Bikes

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 18

Mobility Justice

Chicago Mobility Collaborative’s first meeting of 2025 featured a panel on “intersectional infrastructure,” in partnership with Palenque LSNA

Sponsored by National Charter Bus - Chicago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 14

Sponsored by GOGO Charters - Chicago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 13

Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 12

Sponsored by Roscoe Village Bikes

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 11

Parking

If parking relief is granted to just about every development, why require parking in the first place?

Sponsored by Total Charter Bus

Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 10

Transit-Oriented Development

The RTA’s new Transit-Friendly Communities Guide offers encouragement for building equitable TOD in the ‘burbs

See all posts
Streetsblog Chicago is sponsored by
Ad for Transit Tees's new city-building tile game called 1893

Transit Tees

Transit Tees has a new game about Chicago →