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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 13
• CTA "Will Pilot Automatic Detection System on Rail Right-of-Way" to detect trespassing on tracks, and prevent injuries and service delays
February 13, 2025
Never mind the naysayers: NYC-style congestion pricing would be great for Chicago
By practically all accounts, New York City's congestion pricing initiative, which launched on January 5, is doing precisely what it's supposed to: easing traffic congestion. You can get up to speed on exactly how the program is designed, from this explainer by Streetblog NYC's Dave Colon.
February 12, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 12
• Could CDOT Commissioner Tom Carney get fired as part of Mayor Johnson's plan to clean house? (Sun-Times)
February 12, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 11
• Transportation committee to consider measure to require CTA president nominees to testify in front of alderpeople (Daily Line)
February 11, 2025
Tribune fact check double-header: Exactly which bikeways did they say replaced car lanes? And did suburban Metra fares really go up last year?
On Thursday the Chicago Tribune yet ran another editorial about construction on the Kennedy Expressway inconveniencing drivers that calls for some discussion. That reminded me that I'd been planning to update Streetsblog readers about a similar editorial last December that we'd asked the newspaper to correct. Let's talk about one, and then the other.
February 7, 2025
Let’s debunk Edgewater Glen Association’s scary post claiming the Granville Avenue Traffic Safety project would “cause chaos”
Update 2/12/25, 1:30 PM: The Chicago Department of Transportation will host another public meeting on this project Thursday, February 13, 6-7 p.m. on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/granville2025.
February 6, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 3
• Trucker killed woman, 76, Saturday morning near Madison/Western on Near West Side, a mile from where driver killed Halyna Hudzan, 66 on 1/24 (ABC)
February 3, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 30
• City officials dispute legality of Trump’s federal grant pause, impact on city budget uncertain (The Daily Line)
January 30, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 29
• After SBC posted that CTA doesn't believe Trump's executive order's will impact federal Red Line Extension funding, WTTW takes a look at the issue
January 29, 2025
Taking a ride on Madison’s new (and quick) bus rapid transit line
Despite its status as the most populous city in the Midwest, Chicago infamously does not have a BRT system. So last month, I traveled to Madison to spend a day in Wisconsin's capital city to experience what it might be like to live in a midwestern city with a bus rapid transit system.
January 14, 2025
