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Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 10
• Soldier-free CTA for now? "Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s National Guard Mobilization To Chicago" (Block Club)
October 10, 2025
Yes, CTA needs to be and feel safer. But despite what the U.S. transit czar implied, Trump shouldn’t use that as an excuse to send in National Guard.
Yesterday, Trump's Federal Transit Administration chief Marc Molinaro scolded Chicago leaders about crime on public transportation in a Tribune op-ed titled, "The CTA has become a rolling symbol of abdication. Riders don’t feel safe." Read it on the Tribune website, Bluesky, or Twitter.
September 30, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 22
• RTA: "What transit riders are telling us: 2025 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results"
September 22, 2025
The second edition of “Chicago Transit Hikes” by Lindsay Welbers discusses more great nature trails you can access without driving there
"Chicago Transit Hikes: A Guide to Getting Out in Nature without a Car" author Lindsay Welbers spent ten years living in an apartment in the Logan Square community before deciding to move. She describes Logan as a "very, very dense city-type neighborhood” that she felt was connected to nature because of all the nearby green space. For instance, she could walk to the Blue Line under tree canopy the whole way. Then she moved to Jefferson Park, which she says has more of a suburban vibe with "little postage stamp lawns."
September 18, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 11
• One relatively B/W/T-friendly (nowadays) politician takes on another: "Brendan Reilly Challenges Toni Preckwinkle... In Next County Board Race" (Block Club)
September 11, 2025
Eyes on the street: Take a virtual ride on the nifty new protected bike lanes on Belmont between Milwaukee and Kimball
First announced in May 2024 and slated for construction that year, it appears that the 0.6-mile segment of protected bike lanes on Belmont Avenue between Milwaukee (3840 W.) and Kimball (3400 W.) avenues is finally completed. But it was worth the wait, because this is one of the nicest PBL snippets in town, with lots of concrete protection.
August 29, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 29
• More coverage of the celebration of the Long Avenue Safe Streets project, featuring alders who voted against lowering the city's speed limit (Block Club)
August 29, 2025
Illinois House Majority Leader Eva-Dina Delgado thinks Springfield can solve the transit fiscal crisis during six days in October
Read Streetsblog recent interview with Rep. Kam Buckner about efforts avert the transit fiscal cliff here.
August 20, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 14
• "Lake County officials discuss the challenges of public transportation [fiscal cliff] during town hall meeting" (News-Sun)
August 14, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday 7/22
• Capitol Fax's Rich Miller: "New sales tax revenue will help mass transit, but there's still a long way to go" (Sun-Times)
July 22, 2025