Introducing “Streetsblog Chicago versus smoking on the CTA.” In part one of our series, editors from other cities and our transit agency weigh in.
"Now, [Streetsblog] don't you fill me up with your rules'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed [on the 'L']"
February 11, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 11
• More coverage of Lopez, Quinn, and Dowell's gripes about Complete Streets projects (Center Square)
February 11, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 10
• Trump moves to claw back $100M provided to the state’s EPA to build electric vehicle charging stations (Capitol Fax)
February 10, 2026
Works at the 28th Annual Bike Winter Art Show address national and local political issues
All photos in this piece are by John Greenfield.
February 9, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 9
• SUV driver, 32, dies after rear-ending CTA bus, no one on bus serious injured, Sunday around 4:30 AM near 23rd/Blue Island in Heart of Chicago (ABC)
February 9, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 6
• "NE IL Deserves Strong Transit Leadership: Coalition calls on Chicagoland leaders to appoint innovative, experienced leaders to the NITA board (ELPC)
February 6, 2026
Extreme Makeover: Bus Station Edition. As the City greases the wheels to buy the terminal, Chaddick Institute proposes an affordable facelift
In September 2024, Greyhound owner FlixBus narrowly escaped eviction from its station, 630 W. Harrison St. in the West Loop.
February 5, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 5
• "ELPC is hosting a webinar [today] at noon with DePaul’s Chaddick Institute and Better Streets Chicago about the future of Chicago’s old Greyhound Station."
February 5, 2026
Crash report shows former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, was walking the same route as a recently removed crosswalk when he was fatally struck
On in the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, a motorist fatally struck beloved former Tribune Media Services Senior Vice President Walter Mahoney, 74, while he was on one of his regular walks near his home in Western Springs. Streetsblog Chicago reported on the case in December, and the details of the incident that were available at the time can be found in that previous article.
February 4, 2026
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 4
• "Sen. Ram Villivalam introduced SB3285 yesterday... Sets forth intercity passenger rail routes serving or originating in the State." (CapitolFax)
February 4, 2026