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On in the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, a motorist fatally struck beloved former Tribune Media Services Senior Vice President Walter Mahoney, 74, while he was on one of his regular walks near his home in Western Springs. Streetsblog Chicago reported on the case in December, and the details of the incident that were available at the time can be found in that previous article.

• "Sen. Ram Villivalam introduced SB3285 yesterday... Sets forth intercity passenger rail routes serving or originating in the State." (CapitolFax)

This article was written by John Greenfield, with additional research by Cameron Bolton

• Finally! Another outlet covers political intrigue behind the anti-Archer project protests, which we've discussed for the last 2 months (South Side Weekly)

Bike/walk/transit advocacy – like any advocacy - is ceaseless and often complicated work. As an advocate on climate, energy and transportation matters for over 20 years, Bay-area-based Carter Lavin knows this well. So well, in fact, that he’s written a handbook on the subject entitled "If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight." For the book, Lavin drew on his extensive experience campaigning at the local and state levels, and interviewed fellow advocates from across the country about their challenges, triumphs, and tactics to improve transportation infrastructure and safety in their communities.

• The Tribune does a long-form interview with Leerhsen: "Acting CTA chief lays out priorities after dodging fiscal cliff"

This afternoon, despite snow and temperatures in the 20s, perhaps hundreds of Chicagoans took to the streets for a bicycle parade honoring Alex Pretti. A week ago, the 37-year-old VA nurse was shot to death by federal agents in conjuction with Trump's Operation Metro Surge immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

This week, the folks behind eight community-led arts projects near transit got some great news. Elevated Chicago, which promotes equitable transit-oriented development, and the MacArthur Foundation announced the three year program providing $340,000 in contributions to help these initiatives get rolling.

• State initiative initiative seeks to expand safety ed and address Illinois' archaic bike laws, which currently don't address some of the fastest e-bikes (WBEZ)