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
State Sen. Ram Villivalam: Here’s how we can stop Chicagoland transit from falling off the fiscal cliff
While some might argue it's risky for the senator and his colleagues to hold out for a full $1.5B to upgrade the system, he says that failure to do so would be a missed opportunity.
July 24, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 24
• More coverage of the Red Line station opening (Block Club, CBS, NBC, WGN, FOX, Mass Transit, Urbanize, Rail Age, Railway PRO, Daily Northwestern)
July 24, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 23
• Evanston Now: "Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says 'I feel very confident we’re not going to let transit fail in Illinois.'"
July 23, 2025
Sen. Mike Simmons and Rep. Hoan Huynh discuss how to cut red tape and win funding to save and improve Chicagoland transit
After yesterday's celebration of the five new Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown at the Argyle stop, I buttonholed State Sen. Mike Simmons and State Rep. Hoan Huynh (pronounced "Hahn Win") for updates on the transit fiscal cliff. The Illinois General Assembly failed to pass a public transportation funding and governance reform bill before the spring legislative session ended on May 31, so Chicagoland is now at risk of Draconian cuts next year.
July 22, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday 7/22
• Capitol Fax's Rich Miller: "New sales tax revenue will help mass transit, but there's still a long way to go" (Sun-Times)
July 22, 2025
A great day on Argyle: Celebrating new ‘L’ stations, in the shadow of the transit fiscal cliff
View yesterday's Streetsblog photos of the four new Red Line stations here.
July 21, 2025
