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
Alex Rivera, 32, struck and killed by his wife, who was “attempting to drive off,” was the first pedestrian fatality on Chicago streets in 2025
Tragically, it appears that Chicago saw its first pedestrian fatality case of 2025, with the killing of Alex Rivera, 32, on Sunday, January 5, in the Chicago Lawn community area.
January 22, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 22
• Sun-Times: What happens when it's so cold in Chicago that CTA rails crack?
January 22, 2025
CPD and CDOT records indicate that drivers fatally struck at least 28 pedestrians and 5 bike riders on Chicago streets in 2024
This post includes summaries of 2024 pedestrian and bike fatality cases on surface streets within the city of Chicago that Streetsblog has not previously covered.
January 21, 2025
UIC urban planners examine transit commute disparities in the new report, “Race, travel time, and earnings in Chicagoland”
Two University of Illinois Chicago urban planning scholars have released a new report on public transportation access and commute disparities in Chicagoland. Associate Professor Dr. Kate Lowe and Assistant Professor David López-García from the Department of Urban Planning and Policy collaborated on the study. It's titled "Race, travel time, and earnings in Chicagoland: Comparing predicted job accessibility with the commuting burden of public transit."
January 17, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 17
• Sun-Times letters: Transit advocate and environmental policy analyst Nik Hunder lists Carter's downsides, another reader credits the CTA chief for trying
January 17, 2025
Under the rotunda: Hundreds of transportation and environmental advocates went to Springfield for Climate Day at the Capitol
On Tuesday, January 7, hundreds of Illinois residents headed to Springfield for 2025 Climate Day at the Capitol. They were pushing for sustainable, affordable, and equitable transportation through proposed legislation like the IL CleanJobs Platform and the Clean and Equitable Transportation Act.
January 14, 2025
