Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 28
• Off-duty CPD officer Edwin Espinoza, 35, died in Oak Lawn after sliding off the road in car and striking a tree around 7:50 AM on 95th near Harlem (FOX)
November 28, 2023
Patience is a virtue: Parking situation on Clark PBLs between Montrose and Berteau is a hassle right now, but will soon improve
It appears that in the future we can expect 3-D infrastructure, not just paint, any time CDOT says they're installing protected bike lanes.
November 27, 2023
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 27
• Despite CTA claims service is improving, most survey participants say their opinion of the CTA has stayed the same or diminished over past year (WBEZ)
November 27, 2023
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 22
• Record-setting Thanksgiving Travel to clog airports, expressways this week (or you might have taken Amtrak) (Block Club)
November 22, 2023
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 21
• CTA Yellow Line service remains suspended following crash that left 38 people injured (NBC)
November 21, 2023
2 months after I suggested CDOT simplify their bike map, I mapped 2023 projects myself. 1 week later CDOT released a simplified map.
Streetsblog created a version of the CDOT bikeway map that only shows bikeways that were constructed in 2023, with an easier-to-understand color scheme.
November 20, 2023
Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 20
• ATA weighs in Johnson's use of additional traffic enforcement fees to balance budget, stressing the need to balance safety and equity issues (Tribune)
November 20, 2023
Frightful! After Dearborn bridge protected bike lane reopened, CDOT removed Wacker, Clark PBLs without warning on Halloween
"It takes forever to get the city to even repaint a bike lane or repair a flexi-post, but they can remove the posts and markings almost overnight," a reader noted.
November 17, 2023
Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 17
• Largest CTA crash in decades injured 38, 3 seriously, Thursday, Yellow Line remains suspended (Tribune, Sun-Times, CBS, NBC, WLS, WGN, Block Club)
November 17, 2023
Safety upgrades have been made to Winona/Broadway intersection after a driver fatally struck Soyfa Athamanah, 69, there in July
Hopefully her family will take comfort in knowing that her case spurred changes that could save lives in the future.
November 16, 2023
