What will it take to get better Chicago bus service? Infra upgrades discussed at Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee
The CTA and CDOT have a toolbox of ideas to make bus service faster and more reliable. Will decision-makers be bold enough to let them follow through?
July 29, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 29
• It's official: The South Red Line Extension reportedly first promised in 1973, has been awarded a $1.973 billion federal grant (Crain's)
July 29, 2024
After violence on last two Chicago Critical Mass rides, thankfully Friday’s event was peaceful, but still wild
Participants seemed to do their part to keep interactions with drivers cordial, but there were bold incursions on expressways and Lower Wacker Drive.
July 28, 2024
Joey Center, one of two bike riders that drivers injured in or near Skokie Wednesday, is currently in a coma
According to a coworker, Center was leaving the parking lot of a Jewel where he worked, when a driver leaving the adjacent Old Navy lot struck him.
July 26, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 26
• Rep. Kam Buckner talks with ex-Trib columnist Mary Wisniewski about the campaign to make DLSD more people-friendly, which IDOT rejected (Newcity)
July 26, 2024
This month drivers on north-suburban IDOT roads seriously injured or killed three different people biking
Wide, multilane streets that encourage drivers to speed, plus wide turning radii and slip lanes that enable motorists to whip around corners , may have contributed to these crashes.
July 25, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 25
• RTA, ATA, Rep. Buckner and Ald. Manaa-Hoppenworth respond to blood-boiling decision to omit bus lanes from the North DLSD rebuild plan (Tribune)
July 25, 2024
Three recent stages of emotion over IDOT’s insistence on keeping North DLSD car-centric
Streetsblog Chicago readers are familiar with how last month sustainable transportation and environmental advocates joined forces with 14 forward-thinking alders. They called on the Chicago and Illinois transportation departments to halt plans to simply rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as an eight-lane highway, and instead make the lakefront more walk/bike/transit-friendly.
July 24, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 24
• Michelle Stenzel, a member of IDOT North DLSD task force: Yesterday the department announced it is eliminating proposed bus-only lanes options
July 24, 2024
Get on the bus! Advocates and organizations urge Mayor Johnson to take action to save the Greyhound Terminal
According to the letter, rehabbing the station would cost less that $40M, a small fraction of the price tag of many other local transportation projects.
July 23, 2024
