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SUV driver killed Raphael “Rafi” Cardenas as he rode a scooter in Lincoln Square
No Parking signs at intersections are important because the lack of parked cars near the crosswalk "daylights" the intersection.
June 5, 2022
Chicago’s proposed Equitable TOD ordinance would fight segregation and car-depedency
The Lori Lightfoot administration hopes to spur the development of more affordable, parking-lite housing near transit with the proposed "Connected Communities Ordinance."
June 3, 2022
Recently drivers have critically injured people on bikes in West Lawn and Grand Crossing
Within the past few days drivers struck and critically injured a 54-year-old woman in West Lawn on the Southwest Side, as well as a man, 30, in Grand Crossing, on the Mid South Side.
June 1, 2022
The Jackson 5: Spending five hours at the Jackson ‘L’ stops, a CTA trouble spot
I hung out in the Jackson Street Red and Blue stations from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. in an effort to see what the security presence was like there at the time.
June 1, 2022
An SUV driver killed Martha Velazquez on Columbus in Ashburn. A road diet is planned.
A four-to-three conversion road diet was already planned on this stretch prior to the tragic crash.
May 31, 2022
Three South Side pedestrian crash fatality cases from earlier this year
Earlier this month SBC cofounder Steven Vance launched a new Chicago Crash Browser, which pulls data from the city's data portal, checking for new reports every hour.
May 25, 2022
Motorcycle rider fatally struck Timothy Kast, 46, crossing 5-lane street in Portage Park
Kast was the first on-street chicago pedestrian fatality this year. This was the second fatal pedestrian-motorcyclist crash in Chicago within about eight months.
May 20, 2022
Driver who killed Concepcion Lopez, 82, in West Ridge threw object over wall, was DUI tested
Police inventories the object, which may have been alcohol or illegal drugs, and the motorist was given a blood alcohol content test, but he still has not been charged with a DUI.
May 18, 2022
Shared Mobility Action Agenda aims to make non-private-car modes handy for all by 2030
There are many ways to screw up shared mobility. So hopefully the action agenda will focus on shared modes that actually decrease emissions, rather than exacerbate climate change.
May 17, 2022
Pace field-tests leased e-bus, will probably cancel redundant Pace/Metra PlusBus Pass
The suburban bus system is already using a leased electric bus to do some field-testing. It also plans to eliminate the now-superfluous PlusBus Pass, which allows Metra monthly pass holders to ride Pace buses for an extra $30 a month.
May 15, 2022
