Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Letter: Beware of boondoggles like One Central and Soldier Field upgrade that sound too absurd to be funded (Sun-Times) Former MPC head MarySue Barrett is tired of smoking on trains, wants CTA to pilot Transit Ambassadors Maribel Macedo and Armando Sanchez, owners of Isel’s Cleaners, died in a 21-car pileup on New Year’s Day in […]

Observers: It will take work from CTA and the city to ensure Far South communities benefit from RLE (Tribune) 2 CPD officer injured after striking minivan whose driver was leaving a parking spot in Humboldt Park (ABC) Congressional earmarks include $1 million to install next-generation security shields on 250 CTA buses (Crain’s) Evanston plans to […]

Top sustainable transportation stories from the past year (ATA) New state driving laws include mandatory community service for reckless behavior near school buses and schools (Block Club) Archinet looks at Chicagoland receiving $185M for station accessibility upgrades Letter: Nowadays a Metra train actually showing up on time is a Christmas miracle (Tribune) This Forbes “What […]

Census Bureau reported Thursday that Illinois shrank by an estimated 104,000 residents from 2021 to 2022 (Tribune) As brutal cold hits, advocates for unhoused people call on city to deploy warming buses (Block Club) Metra spokesperson discusses the railroad’s winter storm strategy (WGN) Driver Peggy Pisani, 82, died in crash after attempting to make a left […]

More coverage of Council vote to approve Red Line extension TIF (Sun-Times, Tribune, CBS, Crain’s, Block Club) CTA: New agreement will “streamline and enhance” CTA and Pace Unlimited-Ride Passes in 2023 CTA board approves new hiring and retention incentives for bus and rail workers CTA board approves contract to begin 1st phase of track rehab […]

Finance Committee may vote on the transit TIF for the south Red Line extension today (WTTW) Chicago Tribune looks at the looming fiscal cliff for CTA and Metra Juana Soto-Lopez, 56, died Thursday after hit-and-run driver struck her 11/20 at 26th/Drake in Little Village (ABC) Rosina Stanzer Loew, 82, and her dog fatally struck by […]

WBEZ and Crain’s look at the looming fiscal cliff for local transit agencies if RTA doesn’t get more federal funding Right-wingers argue that nationwide pandemic-era transit service and safety issues on transit are unique to CTA (Wirepoints) CMAP: Congestion in neighborhoods has generally worsened, downtown car commutes times back to pre-pandemic levels (WGN) CTA Yellow […]

Marquette Greenway Trail Project now has $5.6M needed for remaining Michigan portion of route (Crain’s) Driver, 49, fatally shot Monday afternoon, 2 injured in resulting car crash on 400 block of West 87th (ABC) Charges dismissed against wrong-way driver who killed teacher Allan Nunez, 32, on motorcycle, civil suit filed (FOX) Housing costs in East […]

Hundreds turned out for CTA job fair at Olive Harvey College (FOX) ATA: Sidewalk snow removal should be a municipal service Driver fleeing traffic stop killed, 6 injured in multi-vehicle crash at 14th/Michigan (ABC) Motorist speeding on 4-lane stretch of Touhy in Lincolnwood died after striking tree (FOX) 2 CPD officers injured at Pratt/Rockwell in […]

More coverage of Carter’s appearance at  Transportation Committee hearing (CBS, Tribune, Sun-Times, WGN, Block Club) Police chase after alleged carjacker on I-55 ended in Bridgeport injury crash (ABC) 24-year-old man hospitalized early Thursday morning after crashing into a building at Adams/State (ABC) Residents complain there’s not enough car parking at 95th stop, which should be […]

Metra aims to restore full pre-pandemic service by end of next year (CBS) Alberto Vincente, 37, died 5 days after being struck by driver in the 15400 block of Cicero in Oak Forest (Patch) Pickup driver cited for failure to yield after striking, injuring two girls, 12 and 2, in Hermosa (CBS) Residents have been […]