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• Image released of SUV whose southbound driver fatally struck man, 44, Wednesday around 7 PM in 1300 block of S. Central Park Avenue (WGN)

This has been a big year for Chicagoland sustainable transportation issues, but there are greater challenges ahead in 2025.

• Evanston Roundtable: "Opposition mounting against proposed Chicago Avenue bike lane" that data suggests would help save lives and improve sales

Update 12/2/24, 1:15 PM: Evanston's Chicago Avenue Corridor Project, including the protected bike lane extension proposal, will be discussed at a community meeting on Tuesday 12/10, 7-9 p.m. at Robert Crown Community Center, 1801 Main St. in Evanston.

• Girl, 12, whom a driver, 65, fatally struck in Schaumburg IDed as Angela Guan. It was the 2nd time in last month someone has died at the intersection. (ABC)

Tragically, a hit-and-run sedan driver fatally struck Tanja Annzionetta Safforld, 54, last Wednesday, November 20, in the Chicago Lawn community.

• Better Streets Chicago's Micheál Podgers: "Chicago area should get onboard a unified transit agency" (Crain's)

Last Thursday, the grassroots sustainable advocacy organization Better Streets Chicago held its third annual gathering to celebrate recent accomplishments, and raise funds for future campaigns. The nonprofit was launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by Kyle Lucas, Brittney Lane, Jim Hodapp, and former Streetsblog Co-Editor Courtney Cobbs. Recent efforts included a rally to protest plans to rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as an eight-lane highway with no bus lanes, lobbying the City to lower the speed limit to 25 mph, and pushing for funding of the #PlowTheSidewalks pilot.

• Tribune: "Sidewalk plowing plan unfunded in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget: 'It would mean freedom'"