Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 3
• "RTA lowered the projected 2026 fiscal cliff facing mass transit by over $500M today, but the deficit is set to rise again in 2027 to nearly $800M." (Crain's)
October 3, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 2
• "Hundreds Protest Downtown As Trump Says Troops Are Coming To Chicago 'Very Soon'" (Block Club)
October 2, 2025
Eyes on the street: Taking a spin on the new-and-improved Milwaukee protected bike lanes in River West, with a few constructive criticisms
Last December, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board blamed the diagonal Milwaukee Avenue bikeway for traffic jams created by car commuters fleeing Kennedy Expressway construction. "[On] many of the former alternate routes, such as... Milwaukee [the Chicago Department of Transportation has] reduced... vehicular capacity by adding bike lanes," they stated. "Those roads don’t offer any meaningful relief from a clogged expressway anymore."
October 1, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 1
• "Pritzker announces $50.6 billion multi-year infrastructure program" including lots of transit projects (Capitol Fax)
October 1, 2025
Yes, CTA needs to be and feel safer. But despite what the U.S. transit czar implied, Trump shouldn’t use that as an excuse to send in National Guard.
Yesterday, Trump's Federal Transit Administration chief Marc Molinaro scolded Chicago leaders about crime on public transportation in a Tribune op-ed titled, "The CTA has become a rolling symbol of abdication. Riders don’t feel safe." Read it on the Tribune website, Bluesky, or Twitter.
September 30, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 30
• "Illinois leaders rip 'public relations stunt' day after Border Patrol agents patrolled busy Chicago streets" (Tribune)
September 30, 2025
Eyes on the Street: Take a virtual 15-minute walk on car-free Milwaukee Ave. from Division to North during Sunday’s Meet Me on Milwaukee
This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois.
September 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for September 29
• Block Club: "What Will Downtown Look Like In 2045? [Central Area Plan 20245] Calls For Better Transit, Riverwalk Extension And More"
September 29, 2025
What is the future of Illinois transit governance and funding? We asked California Psychics
"Let's go upstairs and read my tarot cards"
September 27, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 26
• CTA Board Member Roberto Requejo: We can find $1B to save and improve Chicagoland transit by using one weird trick!
September 26, 2025