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• Sun-Times letter: Make America Great Again? Watching CTA passengers save a man from an overdose shows greatness already exists

The alder attended a quarterly community meeting where neighbors shared their visions for improving walking and biking in the district.

• Op-ed by transit advocate Nik Hunder: IDOT/CDOT proposal for rebuilding NDLSD "does not meaningfully increase the amount of parkland" (Sun-Times)

There was also talk of efforts to create a more people-friendly North DLSD, save the Greyhound station, and stop the removal of the Dickens Greenway's plaza.

On Tuesday, September 18, the Southwest Collective held a community meeting at Curie Metro High School, 4959 S Archer Ave., to discuss traffic safety issues on Pulaski Road. The panel included SWC Transit Advocacy Steward Dixon Galvez-Searle, local Alderperson Jeylú Gutiérrez (14th), Chicago Department of Transportation Traffic Engineer Jakob Boxberger, and Active Transportation Alliance Advocacy Manager Alex Perez.

• CBS: The Chicago Greyhound station is not closing on Friday, despite an earlier announcement indicating that it would.

A series of four community meetings the Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting this week keeps the flame alive that Governor JB Pritzker's promise of Metra service between Chicago and Rockford was not just a cheap trick.

Update 10/16/24, 9:00 AM: Good news: According to the Sun-Times, before its 10/20 eviction, Greyhound owner FlixBus says it's finalizing a month-to-month lease with station landlord.

• After years of delays, CDOT is finally building the Leland Greenway between Clark and the river in the 47th and 40th wards (Ald. Matt Martin)