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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 24

By John Greenfield | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

In response to violent crime wave on the ‘L’, SWAT officers will ride CTA trains (NBC) Speeding SUV driver injures 3 pedestrians at Randolph/Halsted (NBC) 4 injured when South Shore Line train derails near Millennium Station (Sun-Times) Red line service delayed by reports of naked person on tracks near Clark/Divison (NBC) Delays on Loop trains […]

Prepaid boarding pilot at the Belmont Blue Line station in 2016. Image: John Greenfield

With new all-door boarding pilot, CTA takes a modest step towards modernizing buses

By John Greenfield | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

The CTA will be installing Ventra card readers on the rear door of all Jeffery Jump and University of Chicago Hospitals Express busess.

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Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.

Sadly, this is not the kind of rolling stock the CTA uses for "tiger train" runs.

Riding the Tiger: What’s up with those wacky hybrid Orange and Brown ‘L’ trains?

By John Greenfield | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

Here's the skinny about the CTA's weird Orange Line runs that become Brown Line trains when they reach the Loop, and then turn back into Orange trains.

Chicago's Cherry Avenue Bridge serves bicycles and trains. Photo: Steven Vance

Let’s modernize Chicago transportation with old-school technology

By John Greenfield | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Tech gurus like Elon Musk say we "electric sleds," car tunnels, autonomous vehicles, and Hyperloop tubes will save America's cities from gridlock. What we really need is more trains, buses, and bikes.

Pace's bus terminal at the Linden Purple Line station in Wilmette. Photo: Robbie Zoline

At Pace hearing in Wilmette, concerns about impact of route changes on students, workers

By Jeff Zoline and Robbie Zoline | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

This was the last of a series of public meetings on a set of proposed changes in the north suburbs as part the second phase of the North Shore Coordination Plan.

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 20

By John Greenfield | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Driver fatally struck Lyndsey Lagestee Friday in Mount Greenwood (Sun-Times) Safety changes were planned for 87th/Pulaski Metra crossing before last week’s death (Tribune) 3 seriously injured after police chase ends in crash in Aurora (NBC) CTA bus driver crashes into fence, 5 parked CPD cars in North Lawndale (NBC) 3 pickpocketing incidents reported near 79th […]

A King County Metro bus on 5th Avenue in Seattle. Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation

Seattle decreased solo driving commutes, and Chicago can too

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Thanks to transportation progressive policies, the number of commuters driving solo in the Seattle region dropped from 53 percent in 2010 to 44 percent in 2018. Chicago should learn from that example.

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Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes — because so many cars crash through building walls.