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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 14
• Driver killed in single-car rollover crash on I-57 near Chicago's Longwood Manor neighborhood late Tuesday night (FOX)
August 14, 2024
SUMC’s Bike Chicago Evaluation Report highlights benefits of CDOT bicycle giveaway, need for safer streets
"With more people in the street, we'll create more advocates for better infrastructure," noted Equiticity's Jose Manuel Almanza.
August 13, 2024
IDOT discusses why they’re recommending an NDLSD rebuild without dedicated transit lanes
While IDOT implied that having 25 percent less road capacity for cars on the lakefront is a defect of the proposal for dedicated transit lanes, it's actually a feature.
August 13, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 13
• After Lollapalooza debacle, will CTA be able to keep up with demand during DNC? "I'm very concerned," says a rider (Tribune)
August 13, 2024
Learning about social justice and environmental issues on the Lawndale Soulidarity Bike Ride
Equiticity joined forces with LVEJO and Únete La Villita on this event to help strengthen connections between Black and Latino communities in North Lawndale and Little Village.
August 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 12
• More coverage of the Save Out Lakefront rally to stop IDOT from rebuilding North DSLD as a highway with 8 lanes for car drivers (WTTW, Block Club)
August 12, 2024
Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
August 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 9
• CTA, Bike Lane Uprising on death of transit agency electrician Carlos Median, 37, struck by hit-and-run driver while biking near work in Skokie (Sun-Times)
August 9, 2024
NIMBYs win: More on why, despite recent bike crashes, Lincolnwood cancelled Pratt PBLs, forfeited millions in state funding
Local sustainable transportation advocates noted that it shouldn't take serious bike crash injuries and deaths to convince communities to create safer streets.
August 8, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 8
• Sun-Times: Wheelchair users’ wait for elevator at some CTA stations could take a while — nearly 14 years
August 8, 2024