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It was perhaps fitting that much of the March 11 meeting of the CTA's board was held to the chanting  and shouts from a rally taking place right outside.

• "CTA's new security plan includes sheriff's deputies on trains, high-barrier gates [called for in recent SBC guest op-ed], farecard inspections" (Sun-Times)

As you might expect thanks to yesterday's gorgeous weather, the vibe was good at the 13th round of weekly dueling rallies for and against the Archer Avenue traffic safety project rallies in Brighton Park in the 12th Ward. Or at least that was the case according to proponent Alfredo Villadares Jr., who's lived just south of the project area in Gage Park for 37 years.

• Police fatally shot driver fleeing in stolen Mercedes after he struck, injured woman, and hit CTA bus, CPD squad car Monday evening in Humboldt (ABC)

By Noah Wright

• Anti-Archer rally promoter Juan Rangel, who left UNO Charters after alleged financial misconduct, rails against "the chaotic reign... of Johnson" (Tribune)

When I rolled up solo to yesterday's Portage Park Senior Center for the community meeting on the Chicago Department of Transportation's neighborhood local bikeway network proposal, there was a long line of people snaking out the door. To be honest, due to the organized opposition we've seen recently to traffic safety projects on Archer Avenue in Brighton Park, and Grand Avenue in West Town, I was a little apprehensive.

• "Funeral Services for Rev. Jesse Jackson Will Be Accessible by Public Transit" (CTA)

Fulton Market Association Executive Director Roger Romanelli is well-known to longtime Streetsblog Chicago readers as a resident of suburban Hillside who often intervenes in urban sustainable transportation matters. He's usually on the wrong side of these issues, with a decidely car-centric point of view. Most notoriously, his tireless lobbying against the City's Ashland bus rapid transit proposal helped get that project shelved.