Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 20
• "Metra to test new ticket process with riders scanning tickets before boarding" (NBC, Metra)
March 20, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 19
• Driver charged in DUI hit-and-run that seriously injured pedestrian in Barrington (CBS)
March 19, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 18
• Trump administration backs off threats to cut $50M in CTA funding over safety issue, but they're putting the screws on IDOT (Tribune)
March 18, 2026
Tragically, records show drivers have fatally struck three more pedestrians and a bike rider on Chicago streets this year this year
March 17, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 17
• Don't mess with Illinois! "Feds press the Illinois transportation department over CTA safety" (Tribune)
March 17, 2026
Is SBC “importing support” for the Archer traffic safety project? And Ald. Ramirez says most of the Complete Streets work be finished this spring.
It seems like the average SBC reader was amused by my nickname for "the mostly right-leaning folks using weekly anti-Archer [Avenue traffic safety] project protests as a political hook": "The Make Archer Great Again" (MAGA) posse.
March 16, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 16
• 2 children were among at least 5 people injured in a serious 4-vehicle crash involving a CTA bus Friday around 5:30 PM near 115th/Racine in Pullman (ABC)
March 16, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 13
• Person died after being struck by Yellow Line train Thursday around 12:30 PM by Niles Center Road near Skokie, police say gates, signals were working (WGN)
March 13, 2026