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The 63rd Street Red Line station. One of SBC's key current campaigns is to push for a Transit TIF to help fund the extension of the Red Line to the Far South Side. Photo: John Greenfield

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By John Greenfield | Nov 28, 2022 | No Comments

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 28

By John Greenfield | Nov 28, 2022 | No Comments

Transit consultant Ed Zotti: Red Line extension is too expensive and we should upgrade MED instead (Crain’s) Decades after Racine Green Line station closed, Englewood activists renew push to reopen it (Sun-Times) Wrong-way driver slams into several cars at 87th/Cottage Grove, killing self and passenger and injuring 16 bystanders (CNN) SUV driver, 71, veers off […]

43 Green, located at the 43rd Street Green Line station in Bronzeville and billed as the first equitable transit-oriented development on the South Side. Photo: The Habitat Company

Chicago issues an RFP for $10M in equitable TOD technical assistance grants

By John Greenfield | Nov 24, 2022 | No Comments

This initiative, bankrolled by the Chicago Recovery Plan, will help encourage community-driven development near train stations and high-frequency bus corridors.

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More than 500 People Will Die on Roads This Thanksgiving (But They Don’t Have To)

By Kea Wilson | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

An estimated 518 people will die in car crashes on U.S. roads this Thanksgiving, a leading safety organization says — but little is being done to save lives by addressing the root causes of traffic violence.

Rendering of the new pedestrian bridge over DuSable Lake Shore Drive at 43rd Street. Strong Towns Chicago hopes to paint a mural on a nearby wall. Image: CDOT

Strong Towns Chicago wants to make our city more people-friendly and fiscally sound

By Hunter Heyman | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

Through community, education, and activism Strong Towns Chicago strives to create an environment where everyone can come together to learn about creating positive change in our city.

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 23

By John Greenfield | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

Cop who shot up escalator of busy station, injuring Ariel Roman, acquitted of battery and misconduct charges (NBC) Driver struck and injured man, 30, causing life-threatening injuries Tuesday in Cedar Lake, NW Indiana (NWI Times) CPD searching for suspect accused of crashing stolen car into 5 parked vehicles in North Park neighborhood (ABC) Girl, 16, […]

A Rock Island District train at Joliet station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Railroad strike threat resurfaces, could impact most Metra lines

By Igor Studenkov | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

The specter of a railroad strike shutting down much of the country’s freight railroad network and some of Metra’s busiest rail lines has risen once again.

Monica M. Eason, 42, is second person fatally struck on 3-block stretch of Pulaski in 4 months

By John Greenfield | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

Eason was the 27th person fatally struck on foot on Chicago streets in 2022.

A new sign at a tunnel between a terminal and the train station. Photo: CTA

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign: Check out the new O’Hare ‘L’ station wayfinding signage

By John Greenfield | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

New signs and other wayfinding elements have been installed along the routes from O’Hare’s baggage claims in Terminals 1, 2, and 3 to the 'L' stop.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 22

By John Greenfield | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

Rail workers at the biggest unions split over contract deal, raising the specter of Metra service disruptions (NBC) Hit-and-run driver fatally struck woman, 42, in a crosswalk in the 900 block of South Pulaski (NBC) 2 injured after speeding driver struck another car on Central Avenue, causing inbound lane closures (CBS) SUV driver crashed into […]