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Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 16
• Greyhound boosts role of Gary Metro Center as Chicago terminal's lease expiration looms (DePaul Chaddick Center, Tribune)
September 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 12
• CTA: Argonne-led research shows robust investment in transit benefits both transit and non-transit users
September 12, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 11
• Driver seriously injured after crashing car into Walmart near Algonquin Commons (ABC)
September 11, 2024
What happened when Streetsblog Chicago accepted a protected bike lane skeptic’s challenge to count vehicles on Augusta Boulevard?
If less than 3% of vehicle operators on the corridor rode bikes or scooters, I would tweet that out. If 3% or more did, A.J. Manaseer would donate $1,000 to bike education programs.
September 10, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 3
• Video indicates person who fatally shot 4 people sleeping on Blue Line in Forest Park murdered them is 2 different railcars. Suspect is in custody. (NBC)
September 3, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 30
• NASCAR, a money-loser for Chicago that negatively impacts walk/bike/transit while glorifying driving, is returning to our city next year (Block Club)
August 30, 2024
Are Tribune’s calls to move Greyhound terminal due to the paper’s ties to the current station owner, who would profit from selling the land?
Tribune editorial page editors say no. But a spokesperson for Amtrak, which opposes bus rider using Union Station, wondered why it took a while to run the railroad's rebuttal.
August 29, 2024
Strong Towns Chicago had a summer of activities to make our city safer, more livable, and more resilient
The local chapter of the national organization has had a busy season of neighborhood walking tours, lobbying for transit-oriented developments, and presenting their own proposals.
August 28, 2024
Hit-and-run pickup driver fatally struck James Reed Tillman, 67, in Rogers Park
Tragically, last Saturday night in Chicago's Rogers Park community, a pickup truck driver struck and killed 67-year-old pedestrian James Reed Tillman, and then fled the scene. Police eventually located the vehicle and made an arrest, but currently no one is in custody for the crime.
August 22, 2024
CDOT, alders Rodriguez and Vasquez propose making Argyle at North Shore Channel Trail one-way WB
No word yet on whether a contraflow bike lane would be added to facilitate eastbound cycling from the path on the west side of rider to the east side.
August 16, 2024
