Today’s headlines for Wednesday, April 17
• Block Club: "Death behind the wheel: How the CTA failed a driver in crisis"
April 17, 2024
City announces $2M federal grant to address harms caused by I-290 by improving walk/bike/transit access
The Mayor's Office says the money will fund "improvements for people walking and bicycling on existing streets and paths surrounding and crossing the corridor."
April 16, 2024
Today’s headlines for Tuesday, April 16
• Video: O'Hare travelers walk from Kennedy to terminal as lanes blocked due to protest agains Israel-Hamas war , 54 demonstrators arrested (NBC, ABC)
April 16, 2024
CDOT reveals that it spent nearly $700K to install concrete protection on Doty bike lanes, and then remove it
Some of the former Doty bikeway curb protection was relocated to CDOT projects at Broadway/Aldine and on Wrightwood.
April 15, 2024
Today’s headlines for Monday, April 15
• After Yellow crash injured 16, closed train line for 7 weeks, state senators approve measure requiring annual safety reports from transit agencies (Tribune)
April 15, 2024
Meanwhile in the West Loop: Despite the Clark controversy, Fulton and Randolph will likely have on-street dining again this year
"I certainly know what [Expanded Outdoor Dining] has done for the West Loop area," West Central Association's Rod Burch, who's enthusiastic about the program.
April 5, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 5
• After drivers killed 5 vulnerable road users on Pulaski in last 9 months, SW Collective and ATA launch survey to collect data and help address crisis (WGN)
April 5, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 3
• Active Trans: Want to see motorists traveling at safer speeds, or legalizing the Idaho stop? Support a couple of key Illinois bills by filing 'witness slips.'"
April 3, 2024
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck CPS teacher Charles “Charlie” Mills, 56, on Pulaski, which is plagued with traffic violence
Mills was the fifth vulnerable road user killed on Pulaski in Chicago in the last nine months.
April 2, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 2
• These Chicagoans traded their Ventra cards for car keys, and one made pottery about the experience (Crain's)
April 2, 2024