Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 1
• Ex-"The Straight Dope" guy and Red Line Extension naysayer Ed Zotti criticizes the transit reform governance in the bill that passed IL Senate (Crain's)
August 1, 2025
At Council hearing, transit advocates weighed in on the fiscal cliff, and acting CTA prez Leerhsen impressed them with her vision for the system
Yesterday there was an eventful meeting of City Council's Committee on Transportation and the Public Way. The committee passed a resolution by Ald. Bill Conway (34th) pushing the CTA to increase its enforcement of no smoking rules by coordinating with law enforcement and releasing ticketing numbers. The measure will go before the full Council for a final vote.
July 31, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 31
• "[Transportation] committee urges CTA to crack down on smoking on trains and buses" (CBS)
July 31, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 30
• "Milwaukee Avenue In Wicker Park Will Go Car-Free Once A Month This Fall" (Block Club)
July 30, 2025
Sorry, Illinois Policy Institute, failing to properly invest in Prairie State transit would be penny-wise but pound-foolish
You can almost always count on the conservative think tank Illinois Policy Institute to be the wrong side of sustainable transportation issues.
July 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 29
• Block Club: On its 10th anniversary, Bloomingdale Trail has increased "access to the outdoors while contributing to rising property values and gentrification."
July 29, 2025
After drivers killed one teen on a bike, and critically injured another, on Long Avenue in Portage Park, it’s now a safer Neighborhood Greenway
In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a "ghost bike" memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, "If we, as human beings, don’t care about other people’s lives, we're going to keep killing each other."
July 28, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 28
• Chicago police release surveillance images of Dodge Journey SUV whose hit-and-run driver killed Marcela Herrera, 22, at Cullerton/21st in Pilsen (ABC)
July 28, 2025
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Marcela Herrera, 22, and seriously injured her fiancé, Saturday at Cullerton/Ashland in Pilsen
About two months earlier, a turning trucker killed a 44-year-old man in a crosswalk at Cermak/Ashland, just two blocks south.
July 25, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 25
• Video: "RTA continues to advocate for sustainable funding, presents analysis of HB 3438"
July 25, 2025