No more free rides? Metra considers ideas to crack down on fare evasion
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While Metra often seems to operate on the honors system, that may be changing in the future as the railroad adopts best practices from peer systems.
Let’s make some Rogers Park side streets safer by eliminating vehicular through traffic
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The neighborhood greenway route on Glenwood and Greenway is a good start, but let's take it to the level by creating a car-lite, bike- and pedestrian-priority corridor.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 20
| | No Comments- Pritzker signs law ending suspension of driver’s licenses for non-moving violations (Block Club)
- Berwyn officer killed in crash, driver of vehicle he was riding in charged with DUI (CBS)
- Photo released of car whose driver doored cyclist, 56, in Gage Park and fled (Sun-Times)
- Metra puts leaflets on trains warning of a crackdown on fare evasion (Tribune)
- Metra train hits car in 300 block of North Green, no serious injuries (NBC)
- Granville, Thorndale and Bryn Mawr closures next weekend for RPM work (Tribune)
- Ballard tried to buy Amtrak tickets for 2 wheelchair users, was told it would cost $25K (WBUR)
- Shovel nearby curb cuts so that snow isn’t a barrier for wheelchair users (Wheelchair Rapunzel)
- Lynwood residents unhappy about plan to buy land for path through eminent domain (CBS)
- Streetsblog funding victory party this Wednesday 1/22, 6-9 PM at RevBrew, 3340 N. Kedzie
- Chicago Winter Bike Swap, Sunday 2/20, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM at Harper College
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Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive
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When you factor in transportation, Detroiters pay more of their income to meet their basic needs than New Yorkers do.
CTA will tweak California and Kedzie bus routes, provide long-awaited Ogden extension
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The CTA is launching new bus pilots, modifying the #52 Kedzie/California and #94 South California routes, and extending the #157 Streeterville/Taylor route.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 17
| | No Comments- Ald. Gardiner, a firefighter, puts 6-corners plaza on hold, claiming fire dept. study is needed (Block Club)
- Details on possible Pace Pulse service on Hasted south of 95th Street (Block Club)
- Desmond Manning, 27, fatally shot while riding bike in Fernwood (Sun-Times)
- 5 injured, 1 critically, after trucker slams into McHenry Starbucks (NBC)
- Driver charged with DUI in CTA bus crash that injured 7 near Stroger Hospital (Sun-Times)
- City unveils scaled-back plan for preserving affordable housing near the Obama Center (Block Club)
- Chicagoans rate best, worst seats on (old-school) CTA cars (ABC)
- Viewing of “Messenger” photo show tonight 6-7:30 PM sharp at Uri-Eichen, 2101 S. Halsted
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Talking Headways Podcast: An Operating System for the Public Right of Way
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This week, we talk to Hugh Martin of Lacuna about open source ways to operate city streets in the future.
Want to show up for Active Trans’ Winter Bike Rally? Here’s a few cold-weather cycling tips
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Show up to Daley Plaza by bike on Friday, January 24, from 7-9 a.m. and you'll get a free breakfast and schwag. Here are a couple of suggestions on what to wear and ride.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 16
| | No Comments- CTA announced study to improve bus ridership, tweaks to a few bus lines (Tribune)
- After latest pedestrian crash on Touhy in Des Plaines, lawmakers want safety upgrades (Herald)
- Speeding BMW driver crashes into CTA bus near Stroger hospital, injuring 7 riders (CBS)
- After recent string of Red Line robberies, 10 more officers are being added to transit patrol (CBS)
- CPD: Armed robbers targeted people at South Shore bus stops (Sun-Times)
- Simba the dog touched 3rd rail at Kedzie Brown stop, lived to bark the tale (Sun-Times)
- Author of book about the fall of Uber’s Kalanick interviewed on “Chicago Tonight”
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It’s official: After City Council approval, Gia Biagi is now the new CDOT chief
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Bia's responsibilities will include studying, and possibly implementing congestion pricing, and helping to speed up bus service.
What should Chicago do to make the city more accessible for people with disabilities?
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Adam Ballard from the disability rights group Access Living discusses the CTA's ASAP program, helpful new apps, MPC's new accessibility report, and an issue with the new ride-hail tax.
2nd pedestrian in less than four years killed on stretch of Devon that lacks sidewalks
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Yesterday's victim as the first pedestrian killed in Chicago this year.