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CTA board reflects on the highs and lows of 2024, goals for 2025, at final meeting of the year
At this week's final CTA board meeting of 2024, the directors approved several ordinances. Most notably, the CTA and DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business agreed to launch a pair of pilot programs to help small minority-owned small businesses win contracts with the transit agency.
December 13, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 13
• Block Club: "Mayor Delays Final Vote On 2025 Budget"
December 13, 2024
At budget hearing, CDOT chief Tom Carney discussed 2024 wins, 2025 projects and challenges
It's December again, which means temperatures are dropping, holiday tunes are in the air, and the Chicago Department of Transportation is hashing out its budget for the next fiscal year.
December 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 12
• "Sterling Bay’s Marcey Street Development Still Stalled After Heated City Council Exchange" (Block Club)
December 12, 2024
Evanston’s revised Chicago Avenue PBL extension proposal, which would *add* parking, should appease all but the most car-centric skeptics
See the City of Evanston's webpage for this project, including Tuesday's meeting presentation and display boards, here.
December 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 11
• Gov. Pritzker appoints former Chicago transportation chief Gia Biagi to head IDOT (Tribune)
December 11, 2024
Part 1 of SBC’s Bike Lane Fest 2024: Uptown, Lincoln Square, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Edgewater
Check out Part 2: Lincoln Square, Irving Park, and Albany Park here.
December 11, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 10
• Block Club: "Red Line Extension Zoning Changes Head To City Council For Final Vote"
December 10, 2024
Intro to Streetsblog Chicago’s Bike (and e-scooter) Lane Fest 2024
Howdy, Streetsblog Chicago readers! We couldn't ask for a better day to kick off this publication's now-annual Bike Lane Fest series than this lovely mid-December day with weather in the upper 40s Farenheit. (Let's not think too hard about whether climate change is playing a role.)
December 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 9
• Driver fatally struck Saul Hernandez, 37, Sunday around 4:55 on NB I-53 south of Lake Cook Road in Palatine (ABC)
December 9, 2024