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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 31
• South Shore Line's Monon Line to Munster/Dyer makes its first public run today
March 31, 2026
The iceman leaveth: After a judge issued a restraining order, the Trump administration was forced to unfreeze funding for the RLE and RPM projects
Plus transit experts and advocates Yonah Freemark, Nik Hunder, and Oboi Reed respond to the good news.
March 30, 2026
High Speed Rail Alliance’s Rick Harnish on why the Chicago to St. Louis HSR route is the test America can’t afford to fail
A looming deadline could be the end of high speed rail in Illinois — or the beginning of an entire midwest network, a top advocate argues.
March 30, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 30
• Critical Mass Forecast Crew: "Chicago NO KINGS rally lead by volunteer bike marshals & CPD bike cops"
March 30, 2026
In case you didn’t feel like showing up: Trib reporter Jake Sheridan names and shames the absentee alders who sank today’s CTA hearing at City Hall
"Somebody once told me the [CTA] is gonna roll meI ain't the sharpest tool in the shedShe was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumbIn the shape of an 'L' [train] on her forehead"
March 27, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 27
• "Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Transportation must stop withholding over $3 billion dollars from the CTA." (WBEZ)
March 27, 2026
Instead of discussing what Chicago can do to protect vulnerable road users like Violet Harris from reckless drivers, the Tribune lays blame on e-scooters
The death of Violet Harris, 15, is the story of a hit-and-run, probably wrong-way, driver fatally striking a vulnerable road user on an e-scooter, and failing to render aid.
March 26, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 26
• "New [Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office] task force aims to make Chicago’s CTA safer amid rising crime rates" (WGN)
March 26, 2026
Turning (wheels) 55: Riding the CTA’s entire #55 Garfield bus line from Midway to the MSI on my birthday
SBC readers may remember that a year ago I took a busman's holiday, or rather a transit writer's getaway, by checking out the promised Frequent Network 10-minutes-or-better bus intervals on the #54 Cicero bus, which debuted that day. Not coincidentally, the date was March 23, my 54th birthday.
March 25, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 25
• "Judge orders federal government to unfreeze CTA funding for Red Line extension" (Sun-Times)
March 25, 2026