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Pink station club: Tribune asks if redevelopment near United Center could lead to another new ‘L’ stop, which I proposed back in 2014
The Chicago Tribune editorial board members are probably not my biggest fans right now, since I recently pointed out questionable statements about bike lanes and Metra fares in their editorials.
February 10, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 10
• Tribune: "The United Center hasn’t been served by a Pink Line station since it opened. Could redevelopment plans change that?"
February 10, 2025
The latest episode in the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff saga: A new hope
State Sen. Ram Villavalam and a coalition of labor unions are backing the "United We Move" bill that would empower the RTA without merging the four transit agencies.
February 8, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 7
• Sen. Villivilam and Clean Jobs Coalition, who previously called for merging transit agencies, back new bill calling for big changes but not a merger (WTTW)
February 7, 2025
Tribune fact check double-header: Exactly which bikeways did they say replaced car lanes? And did suburban Metra fares really go up last year?
On Thursday the Chicago Tribune yet ran another editorial about construction on the Kennedy Expressway inconveniencing drivers that calls for some discussion. That reminded me that I'd been planning to update Streetsblog readers about a similar editorial last December that we'd asked the newspaper to correct. Let's talk about one, and then the other.
February 7, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 6
• Tribune editorial: An ode to Chicago[land]’s unappreciated suburban commuters
February 6, 2025
Let’s debunk Edgewater Glen Association’s scary post claiming the Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project would “cause chaos”
Update 2/12/25, 1:30 PM: The Chicago Department of Transportation will host another public meeting on this project Thursday, February 13, 6-7 p.m. on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/granville2025.
February 6, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 5
• Rep. Chuy Garcia, Sen. Villalam, and People's Lobby make pitches for better Chicagoland transit, including Metropolitan Mobility Act (Active Trans)
February 5, 2025
A brief history of an outside-the-box cycle shop: Urban, Uptown, and now Broadway Bikes
There was a changing of the guard today in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The bicycle store launched as Urban Bikes, then transformed into Uptown Bikes, rebooted once again as Broadway Bikes, with longtime wrenches Leah Plummer and Nina Hazelton now the owners.
February 4, 2025
Sen. Ram Villalam on transit funding, and the recent research trip to Germany: “It really showcased how integrated public transit is possible.”
Sometimes right now it feels like Chicagoland residents are on a runaway train (or a scene from the 1994 city bus thriller Speed?) hurtling towards our region's looming transit fiscal cliff. Federal COVID-era public transportation subsidies for the CTA, Metra, and Pace, overseen by the Regional Transit Authority, are projected to run out in 2026. That would leave the systems with a total budget gap that would be the better part of a billion dollars.
February 4, 2025
