Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 19
• CTA trains, O’Hare Airport looking much cleaner as DNC kicks off (Block Club)
August 19, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 16
• Letter from Amtrak president to Mayor Johnson and CDOT calling for a real solution to the problem of Chicago's Greyhound terminal closing next month
August 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 15
• Finally! Embattled CTA President Dorval Carter says he agrees with critics of the North DLSD redesign who want bus-only lanes (Sun-Times)
August 15, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 14
• Driver killed in single-car rollover crash on I-57 near Chicago's Longwood Manor neighborhood late Tuesday night (FOX)
August 14, 2024
IDOT discusses why they’re recommending an NDLSD rebuild without dedicated transit lanes
While IDOT implied that having 25 percent less road capacity for cars on the lakefront is a defect of the proposal for dedicated transit lanes, it's actually a feature.
August 13, 2024
Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
August 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 9
• CTA, Bike Lane Uprising on death of transit agency electrician Carlos Median, 37, struck by hit-and-run driver while biking near work in Skokie (Sun-Times)
August 9, 2024
NIMBYs win: More on why, despite recent bike crashes, Lincolnwood cancelled Pratt PBLs, forfeited millions in state funding
Local sustainable transportation advocates noted that it shouldn't take serious bike crash injuries and deaths to convince communities to create safer streets.
August 8, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 8
• Sun-Times: Wheelchair users’ wait for elevator at some CTA stations could take a while — nearly 14 years
August 8, 2024
As another person is killed while biking in the northern suburbs, Lincolnwood reneges on Pratt bikeway plan
At a time when bike crashes have been disturbingly common in the near-northern suburbs, it's troubling to hear that one of them is cancelling plans to make cycling safer.
August 7, 2024
