Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 17
• Don't mess with Illinois! "Feds press the Illinois transportation department over CTA safety" (Tribune)
March 17, 2026
Is SBC “importing support” for the Archer traffic safety project? And Ald. Ramirez says most of the Complete Streets work be finished this spring.
It seems like the average SBC reader was amused by my nickname for "the mostly right-leaning folks using weekly anti-Archer [Avenue traffic safety] project protests as a political hook": "The Make Archer Great Again" (MAGA) posse.
March 16, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 16
• 2 children were among at least 5 people injured in a serious 4-vehicle crash involving a CTA bus Friday around 5:30 PM near 115th/Racine in Pullman (ABC)
March 16, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 13
• Person died after being struck by Yellow Line train Thursday around 12:30 PM by Niles Center Road near Skokie, police say gates, signals were working (WGN)
March 13, 2026
Ald. Matt Martin offers some chicken soup for the embattled Complete Streets-friendly alderperson’s soul
There was backlash when CDOT proposed parking conversions for protected lanes on Clark in Uptown. But the end product offers reason for optimism in Brighton Park.
March 12, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 12
• "Cubs Want Hundreds Of New Parking Spaces Near Wrigley Field," neighbors point out that would encourage more driving and traffic jams (Block Club)
March 12, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 11
• "CTA's new security plan includes sheriff's deputies on trains, high-barrier gates [called for in recent SBC guest op-ed], farecard inspections" (Sun-Times)
March 11, 2026
Archer Guardians anti-Safe Streets protesters turned today’s Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee meeting into a campaign stop
March 10, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 10
• Police fatally shot driver fleeing in stolen Mercedes after he struck, injured woman, and hit CTA bus, CPD squad car Monday evening in Humboldt (ABC)
March 10, 2026