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
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 23
• Milwaukee Ave. location, where drivers killed Carla Aiello, 37 and Nick Parlingayan, 22, reopens after nearly 2 years of Metra construction (Block Club)
July 23, 2024
Proposed Archer, Kedzie upgrades would be a big step forward to improve traffic safety on the Southwest Side
The planned improvements include a 4-to-3 road diet and slip lane removals on Archer, protected bike lanes, pedestrian upgrades, and bus boarding islands.
July 22, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 22
• Some of Chicago's bike/walk/transit-friendly alders weigh in on Biden's announcement (La Spata [1], Rodriguez [22], Vasquez [40], Knudsen [43])
July 22, 2024
A semi driver fatally struck a person walking on Lower Wacker Drive. Did a locked gate contribute to the crash?
The victim may have been walking in the street because a gate limiting pedestrian access on the south side of Wacker was locked at the time.
July 19, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 19
• Global software outage cancels Chicago flights, delays Metra trains (FOX)
July 19, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 18
• 9 Ashland bus extension passes Council, start 8/25; Alds. Andre Vasquez and Michael Rodriguez ask for extensions of bus lines in their wards (Block Club)
July 18, 2024