Igor Studenkov

This post focuses on the Chicago Mobility Collective breakout session that focused on street design to improve bus service. Streetsblog may run coverage of other breakout sessions that focused on pedestrian and bike matters in the future. The meeting took place during the same time as the ghost bike installation for youth mentor Sam Bell, 44, in River West. To highlight Chicago's traffic violence epidemic, some people Zoomed in to the meeting from the memorial using a background with a white bicycle and the words "I'm currently at the ghost bike vigil for another cyclist killed on Chicago streets." Others posted a "Vision Zero Chicago 2022 Report Card" with crash fatality stats. About 140 people attended the meeting altogether. - Ed.

There was good news today as the potential shutdown of four Metra lines due to a threatened freight rail worker strike was averted. But what would have happened if it wasn't?

If you need to get to Beverly Shores or Michigan City's Uptown district, your transit trip may be completely screwed up.

On August 12, Governor JB Pritzker announced the Illinois Department of Transportation's new multiyear plan, a blueprint for spending $34.6 billion on transportation infrastructure over the next six years.

Detractors say its unfair to make residents of wealthier areas pay for a project that won't directly serve their neighborhoods. Proponents say the initiative will help all Chicagoans and advance equity.

Harper College, a community college based in Palatine, has teamed up with Koloni bike-share platform to launch a bike-share pilot. Meanwhile, Pace is launching a new bus route to serve the community college.

Even amid death and trauma, people still have places to get, and public transit will, hopefully, still be there to serve them.

Ride Lake County, a county-wide dial dial-a-ride bus service for seniors and people with disabilities, got off to a modest start after it debuted in May.

While it's unfortunate that the Pulse Halsted plan no longer includes significant stretches of bus lanes, hopefully the other time-saving features will help shorten trips for South Side and Southland commuters.

Cook County’s review of the first full year of the Fair Transit South Cook confirmed some of what Streetsblog Chicago’s earlier dive into Metra ridership numbers suggested.