Old Town row: Ald. Hopkins won’t support proposal for 500 transit-friendly apartments due to NIMBY backlash
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January 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 29
• After SBC posted that CTA doesn't believe Trump's executive order's will impact federal Red Line Extension funding, WTTW takes a look at the issue
January 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 28
• Active Transportation Alliance: Let your alder know you support lowering Chicago's default speed limit to 25 mph to save lives
January 28, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 27
• Coverage of hit-and-run crash death of Halyna Hudzan, 66, near Ukrainian Village church her husband led, including quotes from son (Sun-Times)
January 27, 2025
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed Ukrainian immigrant Halyna Hudzan, 66, near church her husband formerly led in West Town
Update Monday 4/28/25, 12:45 PM: Block Club Chicago reports that on Thursday, April 24, the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Iryna Kalach, 39, and charged her with the hit-and-run killing.
January 24, 2025
Tragically, ten more CDOT records of 2024 pedestrian fatalities on Chicago surface streets bring the total number to 38 deaths
Last Tuesday, Streetsblog Chicago published summaries of nine 2025 pedestrian and bike fatality cases on surface streets in the city of Chicago, which we hadn't previously covered in our Fatality Tracker posts.
January 24, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 24
• Three people who were killed in a fiery crash in Glenview Sunday morning have been identified (CBS)
January 24, 2025
Repost from January 2025: Biking in Chicago during the dead of winter: It’s easier than you might think
Update 1/23/26, 11:30 AM: This morning I completed my annual Polar Vortex tradition of biking a couple miles from SBCHQ to Montrose Harbor to catch the sunrise. It was it was -5F and it’s gotten colder since then, but I was pretty comfy. (But, like last year, Polar Plunge folks [unsanctioned – the official one been cancelled this year due to the subzero weather] were more hardcore than me!)
January 23, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 23
• Man on bike fatally struck by Pink Line train Wednesday around 5:47 PM, on 21st Place between 50th and 49th avenues, just west of Cicero station (NBC)
January 23, 2025
Watch: Discussing 2024 CDOT bikeway wins, and where there’s room for improvement, at ATA’s Chicago Advocacy Connect event
The Active Transportation Alliance kindly asked Streetsblog Chicago to talk about what we saw last month during our Bike Lane Fest 2024 excursions.
January 22, 2025
