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Eyes on the street: PARK(ing) Day 2025: A Celebration of Community and Urban Transformation
One of the many important and/or enjoyable sustainable transportation-related events that happened last weekend (more on that tomorrow) was last Saturday's PARK(ing) Day 2025, organized by the Chicago Growth Project. The event took place on the parking lots of Dovetail Brewery, Belle Plaine and Ravenswood avenues, and Demo Brewery, Berteau and Ravenswood avenues, a mere 0.2 miles away from each other. Dovetail is sandwiched between Metra's Union Pacific North Line and the CTA Brown Line.
September 23, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 23
• SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: "Metra, Pace won’t make cuts, will raise fares next year as fiscal cliff still looms" (Evanston Roundtable)
September 23, 2025
A driver struck and killed Anakin Perez, 9, in the street in front of his Chicago school. How do we make sure that never happens again?
By Molly Brown
September 22, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 22
• RTA: "What transit riders are telling us: 2025 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results"
September 22, 2025
Chicken soup for the CTA rider’s soul: While the transit agency is standing on the verge of a budget crisis, positive vibes at town hall
These are nerve-wracking days for Chicagoland public transit agencies, workers, riders, and advocates as we teeter on the brink of a $771 million regional transit fiscal cliff next year.
September 19, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 19
• Driver who killed Anakin Perez, 9, Thursday around 7:40 AM in front of McNair Elementary in Austin, ticketed. Parents want more crossing guards. (Block Club)
September 19, 2025
The second edition of “Chicago Transit Hikes” by Lindsay Welbers discusses more great nature trails you can access without driving there
"Chicago Transit Hikes: A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car" author Lindsay Welbers spent ten years living in an apartment in the Logan Square community before deciding to move. She describes Logan as a "very, very dense city-type neighborhood” that she felt was connected to nature because of all the nearby green space. For instance, she could walk to the Blue Line under tree canopy the whole way. Then she moved to Jefferson Park, which she says has more of a suburban vibe with "little postage stamp lawns."
September 18, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 18
• CTA budget town hall meeting tonight, Thursday, September 18, 5:30-7 PM, Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave. in Uptown.
September 18, 2025
The Northern Illinois Transit Authority is a good idea
A solid compromise on a challenging problem.
September 17, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 17
• John discussed efforts to avert the looming Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff with host Dana Koslov (CBS Chicago News)
September 17, 2025