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Last Sunday’s edition of “Safe Streets: The Comedy Show” featured Latino alders and advocates, and a discussion of the Archer Avenue “biketroversy”
Last Sunday was the second-to-last epidose of "Safe Streets: The Comedy Show. Why It Sucks to Walk or Drive in Chicago, and How We Can Fix It." It's an "edu-comedy revue" created by Streetsblog contributor Ellen Steinke that combines sketch comedy, improv, and satire that "takes on the systems behind our streets, not just the people stuck using them."
March 18, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 18
• Trump administration backs off threats to cut $50M in CTA funding over safety issue, but they're putting the screws on IDOT (Tribune)
March 18, 2026
Tragically, records show drivers have fatally struck three more pedestrians and a bike rider on Chicago streets this year this year
March 17, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 17
• Don't mess with Illinois! "Feds press the Illinois transportation department over CTA safety" (Tribune)
March 17, 2026
Is SBC “importing support” for the Archer traffic safety project? And Ald. Ramirez says most of the Complete Streets work be finished this spring.
It seems like the average SBC reader was amused by my nickname for "the mostly right-leaning folks using weekly anti-Archer [Avenue traffic safety] project protests as a political hook": "The Make Archer Great Again" (MAGA) posse.
March 16, 2026
Put real experts in charge of transit: Evidence from high-functioning transit agencies
This piece also runs on the website A City That Works, a newsletter about public policy in the Chicago region. Richard Day co-edits that publication, focusing on transportation issues. As a guest op-ed, this article does not necessarily reflect Streetsblog Chicago staffers' perspectives on this issue.
March 16, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 16
• 2 children were among at least 5 people injured in a serious 4-vehicle crash involving a CTA bus Friday around 5:30 PM near 115th/Racine in Pullman (ABC)
March 16, 2026
Never mind the lobbyists: Ride Illinois and Bike Grid say it’s essential for state legislators to pass law designating cyclists as “intended” road users.
With apologies to The B-52s, turn your watch back about 34 years. That's when triathlon racer Jon Boub was badly injured on a training ride when his front wheel got stuck in a bridge gap on Saint Charles Road in west-suburban DuPage County. That was because a Wayne Township road crew had removed the asphalt filler from between the wooden planks, making it unsafe for cycling.
March 13, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 13
• Person died after being struck by Yellow Line train Thursday around 12:30 PM by Niles Center Road near Skokie, police say gates, signals were working (WGN)
March 13, 2026
Ald. Matt Martin offers some chicken soup for the embattled Complete Streets-friendly alderperson’s soul
There was backlash when CDOT proposed parking conversions for protected lanes on Clark in Uptown. But the end product offers reason for optimism in Brighton Park.
March 12, 2026
