Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 27
• CPD: Man on train shot, critically injured another man, 45, he knew Tuesday around 9:40 AM on Clark/Lake elevated platform, disrupting service (CBS)
December 27, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 26
• Our prediction was correct: "[The Tribune] will be spanked pretty hard for [its editorial statement about Elston, Milwaukee bikeways] in the letters section"
December 26, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 24
• Active Transportation Alliance recaps the "Top 10 walking, biking, and transit stories of 2024"
December 24, 2024
Part 3 of SBC’s Bike (and Scooter) Lane Fest 2024: Portage Park, Irving Park, North Center, Avondale, Logan Square, Hermosa, Humboldt Park
Check out Part 1: Uptown, Lincoln Square, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Edgewater here
December 23, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 23
• Northbound driver, 20, sideswiped taxi and struck light pole Sunday around 1:45 AM in 1300 block of N. Elston, near Salt Shed music venue (NBC)
December 23, 2024
CTA says pre-pandemic-level bus service will be bus-ting out all over, starting this Sunday
Note: In what's sure to be a refreshing change of pace for Streetsblog Chicago readers, I have committed to not making any '80s pop music references in this article about a CTA service announcement.
December 20, 2024
Tribune claimed Elston, Milwaukee PBLs “reduced… vehicular capacity.” Editor declined to run retraction. CDOT confirmed editorial was inaccurate.
Update 12/27/24, 10:15 AM: As we predicted would happen, Chicago Tribune readers wrote letters to the editor, asking the editorial board for a correction to its piece implying recent protected bike lane installations on Elston and Milwaukee avenues "reduced... vehicular capacity," which is provably false, and cause traffic jams.
December 20, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 20
• "CTA Meets Record-Breaking Workforce Milestone: Training 200 New Rail Operators and Hiring 1,000 Bus Operators in 2024"
December 20, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 19
• US reps from IL announced that the feds have committed to contributing $1.9B to help make the $5.75B the Red Line Extension happen (WTTW, Crain's)
December 19, 2024
Get a pizza the action: Take a virtual ride on the new raised bike lane across from Lou Malnati’s on the Leavitt Street Greenway
On Sunday, as part of Streetsblog Chicago's Bike Lane Week 2024, I checked out a little project to create a more seamless transition between two segments of the Leavitt Street (2200 W.) Neighborhood Greenway side street bike route. North of the North Branch of the Chicago River, the route runs about three miles between Diversey Parkway (2800 N.) and Berwyn Avenue (5300 N.)
December 18, 2024
