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
Hit-and-run pickup driver struck and killed Jiekun Xu, 68, on Pulaski Road where traffic deaths are common
Jiekun Xu was the fourth pedestrian or bike rider fatally struck on Chicago's Pulaski Road in less than a year.
February 10, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 9
• CTA: We're modernizing bus fare boxes!" How about adding prepaid boarding to actually speed up bus service like you promised 8 years ago? Crickets.
February 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 9
• CTA: "We're modernizing bus fare boxes!" How about adding prepaid boarding to actually speed up bus service like you promised 8 years ago? Crickets.
February 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 8
• More discussion of the smoking on the CTA problem, and ways to address it (Block Club, FOX)
February 8, 2024
“(Don’t) Light Up or Leave Me Alone”: Thoughts on the CTA’s reported success fighting smoking
It's encouraging that roughly 50 percent more tickets were issued for smoking in 2023 than in previous years, but what else should be done?
February 7, 2024
In its current form, state bill with goal of preventing unjust police stops would enable deadly speeding and DUIs
It would be totally counterproductive to try to prevent racial profiling by forcing officers to look the other way when motorists excessively speed or drive intoxicated.
February 7, 2024
