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Earlier this month, The Travel mentioned Chicago Union Station – along with Baltimore's Penn Station – as being one of two American Amtrak stops that needs a revamp. "Much of the [Chicago] station’s infrastructure feels outdated and disconnected," the website noted. "The lower-level concourses, where most passengers navigate, lack the charm and appeal of the main hall... The station’s confusing layout and aging facilities often frustrate travelers."

• Coverage of hit-and-run crash death of Halyna Hudzan, 66, near Ukrainian Village church her husband led, including quotes from son (Sun-Times)

Update Monday 4/28/25, 12:45 PM: Block Club Chicago reports that on Thursday, April 24, the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Iryna Kalach, 39, and charged her with the hit-and-run killing.

Last Tuesday, Streetsblog Chicago published summaries of nine 2025 pedestrian and bike fatality cases on surface streets in the city of Chicago, which we hadn't previously covered in our Fatality Tracker posts.

• Three people who were killed in a fiery crash in Glenview Sunday morning have been identified (CBS)

Update 1/23/26, 11:30 AM: This morning I completed my annual Polar Vortex tradition of biking a couple miles from SBCHQ to Montrose Harbor to catch the sunrise. It was it was -5F and it’s gotten colder since then, but I was pretty comfy. (But, like last year, Polar Plunge folks [unsanctioned – the official one been cancelled this year due to the subzero weather] were more hardcore than me!)

• Man on bike fatally struck by Pink Line train Wednesday around 5:47 PM, on 21st Place between 50th and 49th avenues, just west of Cicero station (NBC)

The Active Transportation Alliance kindly asked Streetsblog Chicago to talk about what we saw last month during our Bike Lane Fest 2024 excursions.

Tragically, it appears that Chicago saw its first pedestrian fatality case of 2025, with the killing of Alex Rivera, 32, on Sunday, January 5, in the Chicago Lawn community area.