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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 16
• Red Line suspended on North Side; Purple, Yellow lines delayed due to mechanical issues (ABC)
January 16, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 11
• Presented without comment: CTA press release says "Customer surveys show increased satisfaction with CTA service"
January 11, 2024
Jason Kardish, 40, killed by hit-and-run SUV driver at Diversey/Ashland, is first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2024
According to Police News Affairs, as of Tuesday afternoon, no one was in custody.
January 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 9
• Active Transportation Alliance: "Mayor Johnson should make 2024 the Year of the Bus"
January 9, 2024
Metra closed BSNF Line ticket windows today, remaining ticket windows will shut down on February 1
A Metra spokesperson said there were several factors that made them decide to make the ticket counters go the way of the dodo bird.
January 8, 2024
Streetsblog helped get a bogus “No Bikes” sign removed near Promontory Point, where drivers have been parking illegally
Sure, this wasn't one of Chicago's most urgent problems, but it's good that we were able to get a building to stop telling bike riders they can't park in front of the property.
January 7, 2024
Northern attitude: Riding the Yellow Line to Skokie 7 weeks after the route was shut down by a crash
If a disaster of this severity happened on a Chicagoland expressway, there's no way that the road would stay closed for two days, let alone nearly two months.
January 5, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 4
• CTA: No timetable for reopening of Yellow Line (NBC)
January 4, 2024
CTAction: Free CTA service on New Year’s Eve “not quite as bad as last year,” still not great
While scheduled runs often didn't show up on time on New Year's Eve / Day, this year, most of them at least showed up. That's more than one could say a year ago.
January 2, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 2
• Editorial: Yellow Line commuters deserve better (Tribune)
January 2, 2024