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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 5
• Former MPC leader MarySue Barnett and John Bailey wrote Natural Resources Defense Council's "Act Locally" guide to equitable infra resources
February 5, 2024
“No one bikes in Chicago during the winter!” Part Two: Great turnout for Critical Mass Polka Ride despite 39F rain
It was more proof that the notion Chicago shouldn't invest in safe bike lanes, because no one uses them during the colder months, is nonsense.
February 4, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 31
• 3 dead in single-vehicle crash near Palos Heights, 4th person hurt (Tribune)
January 31, 2024
Streetsblog gets a sneak peek at Pace’s west suburban Pulse Cermak Arterial Bus Rapid Transit corridor
Pace Suburban Bus is working with a group of western suburbs along or near Cermak Road to refine the details, and we got a look at those plans.
January 26, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 24
• Left for Dead: Chicago police reports show months of inaction in deadly hit-and-run investigation (NBC)
January 24, 2024
Watch: Discussing Chicago’s 2023 bikeway wins and challenges at an ATA City Advocacy discussion
The Active Transportation Alliance graciously invited Streetsblog Chicago to talk about what we learned by visiting every bikeway built in 2023.
January 22, 2024
A Tale of Two News Outlets Part Two: Tribune publishes great and garbage pieces about Dickens Greenway
Transportation reporter Sarah Freishtat provides a balanced take on the Dickens controversy, but corporate lawyer William Choslovsky's anti-greenway op-ed is drivel.
January 18, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 18
• Chicagoland transit wants state help with looming budget crisis (Axios)
January 18, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 17
• Hit-and-run driver killed pedestrian who was trying to cross Kennedy near Nagle Sunday near 9:15 AM (ABC)
January 17, 2024
Hit-and-run driver killed Vesmo Bernard Hanks, Jr., 25, who was reportedly fleeing a police stop on foot in Austin
Altogether, drivers fatally struck 30 pedestrians on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 16, 2024
