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Another Case of Brutality Against a Bicyclist in West Town
After courier Brian Bauer caught up with a motorist who tried to run him off the road to hold him accountable, the driver gave him a vicious beat-down.
October 5, 2018
Active Trans Study Vindicates Reilly’s Opposition to “Distracted Walking” Ordinance
The downtown alderman was right: Dangerous drivers, not distracted pedestrians are largely to blame for traffic crashes.
October 4, 2018
Drivers Struck 296 People in Reilly’s Ward in the Last Year, No Reported Riverwalk Crashes
The car-pedestrian crashes included 48 cases with incapacitating injuries, but there have been no media reports of serious bike/ped crashes in the ward. So why is Alderman Reilly focused on banning bikes on the riverwalk?
October 3, 2018
Ceci N’est Pas Une Piste Cyclable: The Upper Randolph Bikeway Is Often Non-Functional
There's got to be a better way to accommodate deliveries and drop-offs to Millennium Park while keeping cyclists safe.
October 2, 2018
Good News: A Non-Awful Layout Was Chosen for the New Drexel Boulevard Bike Lanes
Residents sensibly voted for the street layout that made the street safer, rather than more car-centric, less safe, and less attractive.
September 28, 2018
Mayoral Candidates Urged to Endorse Chicago Sustainable Transportation Platform
Streetsblog's Steven Vance and Lynda Lopez, plus transportation analyst Yonah Freemark, created the document, which includes bold, sensible ideas for making our city more efficient, livable, and equitable.
September 27, 2018
Witness Describes the Crash That Killed Cyclist Jesse J. Rodriguez, and Nearly Killed Her
A woman on a bicycle who was standing near Rodriguez when he was struck says the driver whipped around the rounded corner of the intersection at a high rate of speed.
September 26, 2018
BMW Driver Fatally Struck Lorraine Campion, 91, as She Crossed Street in Edgewater
Campion was the 30th pedestrian to be struck and killed in Chicago this year.
September 26, 2018
Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Jesse Rodriguez, 67, Near North Shore Channel Trail
Chicago has already seen more bike fatalities in 2018 and that the full-year averages for 2012-2016.
September 24, 2018
No Citatations for Driver Who Killed Alvina Santillan, 87, in a Scottsdale Crosswalk
Santillan was the 29th pedestrian fatatally in Chicago in 2018.
September 20, 2018
