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One more reason to proceed with building the Red Line Extension: It could become a pilgrimage route for “Chicago Pope” Leo XIV fans
Recently, the Chicago Tribune, and three difference articles in Crain's, have questioned the $5.7 billion cost of the the 5.5-mile Red Line Extension. It would connect the current 95th Street terminal with the Far South Side's Altgeld Gardens housing project. An editorial in the weekly business newspaper went so far as to say, "There's still time to avoid one of the costliest boondoggles City planners have dreamed up since the parking meter fiasco... even to pull the plug on it."
June 9, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 9
• "Editorial: Springfield was right to stall — now get transit reform right" (Crain's)
June 9, 2025
The tragic death of Maria Ochoa, 88, is more evidence that traffic calming and a road diet are badly needed to protect seniors and others on Archer
Recently, a reckless driver caused a car crash that killed beloved great-grandmother Maria Ochoa, 88, while she was out on a walk in Chicago's Garfield Ridge. Her family members and neighbors are demanding that the City make safety improvements to help prevent future traffic violence in the area.
June 7, 2025
Today’s Headline for Friday, June 6
• "Too late, too divided: Inside the collapse of Springfield's transit rescue" (Crain's)
June 6, 2025
The CTA and Transport Chicago led a behind-the-scenes tour of the Red and Purple Modernization project
Last week, the CTA's Red and Purple Modernization team and the organizers of the upcoming 2025 Transport Chicago conference hosted a tour of Phase One of the the 'L' corridor rehab. Overhauled stations in Uptown and Edgewater are slated to re-open this summer. Transport Chicago, taking place on Friday, June 13, bills itself as "providing a forum for the exchange of knowledge in transportation, research, policy, and practice."
June 5, 2025
What’s going on? Politicians, agencies, experts, and advocates weigh in on the transit funding cliffhanger
If you're a frequent Streetsblog Chicago, when it comes to the current public transportation fiscal crisis, this ain't your first bus rodeo. Otherwise, here's our coverage of the issue since last Saturday, May 31, aka "The Night Transit Funding Didn't Go Down In Springfield":
June 5, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 5
• Driver struck and injured a woman, 73, Wednesday at Laramie/Archer in Garfield Ridge, where a motorist fatally struck Maria Ochoa, 84 in May (ABC)
June 5, 2025
The Tribune Editorial Board has a come-to-Jesus moment about what they previously called “the so-called fiscal cliff”
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June 4, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 4
• Cue the song "Eye of the Tiger." Here's a pep talk from Active Trans: "The push for transit funding and reform in Illinois continues"
June 4, 2025
