Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 20
• Commuters Take Action cofounder Fabio Göttlicher wants you to know that Chicago’s public transit system is in trouble (Chicago Magazine)
February 20, 2024
Map: Ventra suggests Black history landmarks on the South Side you can visit by transit
Ventra provided a list of African-American historical sites, mostly on or near King Drive, and not far from the Green Line. Streetsblog created an interactive map to help you find them.
February 19, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 19
• RTA: "Reflecting on progress one year after adoption of Transit is the Answer"
February 19, 2024
Pickup driver fatally struck bicycle rider Allan Beyderman, 41, on bike-hostile stretch of Golf Road near Des Plaines River Trail
The lack of bike facilities on the 4-lane highway, and the driver's high-front-end pickup truck, were likely factors in the crash.
February 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 16
• Ventra app freezing? Metra payment issues resurface once again in Chicagoland (NBC)
February 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 15
• CTA announces $19.6M project to reconstruct bus bridge at Harlem Blue Line transit facility
February 15, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 14
• Driver of pickup with high front grill, fatally struck man, 41, on bike around 6:15 AM in 1900 block of Golf Road in Des Plaines, no charges or citations (ABC)
February 14, 2024
The removal of curb protection from the Doty bike lanes in Ald. Anthony Beale’s 9th Ward really gets our goat
Was the potentially livesaving infrastructure removed due to drainage issues, as CDOT told us, or for some other reason?
February 14, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 13
• Mayor's Office calls deaths of 2023 Chicago Marathon winner Kelvin Kiptum and his coach in a crash Sunday in Kenya "a tragic car accident."
February 13, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 12
• After driver killed Jiekun Xu at 44th/Pulaski Thursday, on Sunday one person killed, 5 injured in crash near 42nd/Pulaski, alder asks CDOT for help (ABC)
February 12, 2024