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Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Tyrone Fizer, 57, in Park Manor
Fizer was the 20th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2018.
May 24, 2018
The Case of the Missing Bike Racks: CDOT Hasn’t Installed Them Since 2016
The good news is that installation is about to start up again, with 500-1,000 racks a year for the next five years.
May 17, 2018
Developer: Milwaukee Avenue Bike Counter Project Hit a Pothole Due to City Red Tape
In November 2016 it looked like the plan for a bike counter on the Milwaukee Avenue “Hipster Highway” corridor in Wicker Park – Chicago’s busiest bike route – was a done deal. The developer of a new transit-oriented development at 1237 North Milwaukee, LG Partners, was donating an Eco-Totem bike counter to the city, and was planning to pay for the Chicago Department of Transportation to install a sidewalk bump-out to accommodate the device. The counter, featuring an eye-catching design chosen by Streetsblog Chicago readers, had already been manufactured, and City Council had approved the installation, which was slated for spring 2017.
May 16, 2018
Julia Callaway, 55, Fatally Struck by Driver Fleeing Police
Callaway was the 11th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
May 11, 2018
Why Isn’t CTA-Style Metra Service Being Considered for Lincoln Yards?
Due to Emanuel's apathy towards Metra city is focusing on building a new Goose Island transitway while ignoring the nearby existing Metra lines.
May 7, 2018
CTA Issues the Final Request for Proposals for Red and Purple Modernization
The transit agency expects to award the contract for the $2.1 billion contract by the end of the year.
May 2, 2018
South Side Bike Advocate Peter Taylor and John Discuss DoBi on “Chicago Tonight”
Chicago's South Side dockless bike-share pilot is starting to shift into high gear, with yesterday's release of 50 LimeBike electric cycles with wheel locks, and 50 non-electric Pace bikes (from Zagster) with built-in cable locks, plus today's deployment of 50 Ofo non-electric, wheel-lock bikes. And word is that Jump Mobility will soon be releasing a fleet of electric bikes with built-in U-locks.
May 2, 2018
LimeBike and Zagster Dockless Bikes Launch in Chicago, Ofo and Jump Are Coming
But will the narrow parameters of the city's DoBi pilot program doom the fleets to fail?
May 1, 2018
CDOT Breaks Its Silence on Tuesday’s Dockless Launch, Shares Coverage Map
CDOT explains why they're requiring "lock-to" bikes after July 1. But why aren't they allowing bikes to be checked out near the Lakefront Trail?
April 27, 2018
Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Struck and Killed Dorata Cieslinska, 56, in Boystown
This was the second pedestrian fatality on the block in less than three years.
April 26, 2018