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The 47th Street Red Line station. Photo: John Greenfield

After SBC called on CTA to make schedules reflect reality, Carter says it will happen

By John Greenfield | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

Let's keep our fingers crossed, and hold the CTA accountable if it fails to significantly improve service, reliability, safety, and sanitation.

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 11

By John Greenfield | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

Hit-and-run driver kills boy, 5, at massive Devon/Cicero intersection in Sauganash (ABC) 1 killed, 2 hospitalized after truck-minivan crash on I-90 near Belvidere Rd. (ABC) Plan to use Transit TIF to fund Red Line extension, including areas not served by it, faces pushback (WTTW) Tribune editorial: We don’t believe the CTA can walk and chew […]

Wilson disembarks the #20 bus at Washington and State streets. Photo: Cameron Bolton

Willie Wilson has done lots of gas giveaways. What’s his position on CTA safety?

By Cameron Bolton | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

While Streetsblog Chicago may not agree with all of Wilson's transportation policies, or ideas for fighting crime on the CTA, it is good to see him elevating transit safety as a major campaign issue.

A young girl takes a swing at the High Striker carnival game. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

The new larger Sundays on State car-free fest is awesome. Here’s how it could be even better.

By Sharon Hoyer | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

The city could improve Sundays on State further by rerouting traffic around the entire length of the event, as is the case with most street fairs in Chicago.

The entrance to the Sunnyside contraflow bike lane at Lincoln Avenue by Welles Park, looking west. Photo: John Greenfield

The Sunnyside contraflow lane: A little infrastructure that makes a big difference

By John Greenfield | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

By allowing people on bikes to legally ride west on the short one-way eastbound segment of Sunnyside next to the park, the lane opens up a new way to bike west from Ashland to the 312 RiverRun.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 10

By John Greenfield | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Driver charged with hit-and-run killing of pedestrian Iecsha Bradshaw, 39, in Merrillville, IN (Tribune) Man, 37, recovering at hospital after woman stabbed him in neck during argument on Fullerton platform (ABC) Invest in Cook funds awarded for rehab of Rogers Park Metra station and Lynwood planning project (Mass Transit) Six Corners People Spot on-street seating […]

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