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Jaime Cuadra, 47, is 2nd person killed this month at a deadly Dan Ryan / Red Line intersection
A "road diet" is badly needed here, and everywhere else where where overly-large streets contribute to pedestrian fatalities, especially in front of transit stations.
January 9, 2023
It’s getting real: Feds award $2M for feasibility study on reopening Racine Green stop
Thanks to the efforts of Englewood community advocates and local officials, the CTA is set to receive a $2 million federal grant to conduct a feasibility study on reopening the shuttered Racine Green Line station.
January 9, 2023
A path to success? Here’s the route Bronzeville Trail development has taken so far
While there are still many details to work out, it looks like Bronzeville Trail is well on its way to becoming a reality.
January 6, 2023
New Year’s peeve: Why was CTA service ridiculously bad on the big night?
The agency blames the interminable service gaps on a higher-than-usual number of unplanned absences by bus and train operators.
January 3, 2023
Yeesh! Drivers crashed into Ainslie Art Plaza (again!) and Manor Greenway island
When the city installs nice things for bike riders and pedestrians, reckless drivers often destroy them. That happened twice within the last couple of days in two different locations in the 40th Ward.
January 2, 2023
Hit-and-run driver dragged and killed man, 63, injured male wheelchair user, 56, in Brainerd
The victim appears to be the 31st and final Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2022.
January 1, 2023
CDOT Strategic Plan update touts new infra. We still have far to go to achieve safe streets.
Despite the plan's goal to "Reduce dangerous driving on Chicago’s streets," never has the city felt further from Vision Zero.
December 30, 2022
Equiticity expanded its programming in 2022, plans an even bigger 2023
2022 initiatives included the Mobility Opportunities Fund, Community Mobility Rituals, BikeForce, and The Go Hub, plus research projects.
December 26, 2022
LFT is partly closed, Divvy is still partially functioning through the deep-freeze
The blizzard conditions, high winds, and subzero temperatures of the past 24 hours in Chicago have been character-building, to say the least.
December 23, 2022
After push by advocates, CTA endorsement, reopened Racine Green may become a reality
It looks promising that it won't be too long before a reopened Racine station isn't just a proposal, but an actual thing.
December 22, 2022
