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Emanuel Announces $10M Overhaul of Riverwalk From State Street to the Lake (Tribune) Protesters Took Over LSD, Streets of Lakeview During Anti-Violence March (Tribune) Gazette Chicago Gloats Over the Fact that the Ashland BRT Is Indefinitely Back-Burnered After Death of Luster Jackson, Support for Protected Bike Lanes on Stony (Block Club) Ex-Forest Preserve Worker Indicted […]

Activists Discuss Plans to Take Over N. Lake Shore Drive Next Week (WTTW) Nearly a Third of City Property Taxes Is Diverted Into TIFs (Tribune) Lawmakers Question Possible Conflicts of Interest in Tollway Contracts (Tribune) Driver Who Killed Alyssa Lendino, 16, in Wheeling Was Fleeing Another Crash (Tribune) CCME: Ambulance Driver in Fatal Bellwood Crash […]

Victim of Cragin Hit-and-Run Identified as Longtime Local Florist Alberto Zavala (ABC) Blue Line Trains Delayed by Anti-Theft Device Thrown on the Tracks at Logan (Tribune) 606 & Low Line Proposal Counted as 2 of 9 “Linear Parks That Transformed Cities” (Curbed) A Roundup of Recently Installed Public Art (Curbed) Groups Are Using Active Trans […]

During Metra Pricing Experiment, Some Long-Haul Riders Will Get a Fare Break (Herald) 2 Stabbed, 1 Fatally, After Argument on CTA Bus in Washington Park (Tribune) Drunk Driver Who Caused Minor Injury to Another Motorist Gets 5 Years (Sun-Times) Red Line Service Delayed by Police Activity at Grand Ave. Station (Tribune) Bike 4 Belmont-Cragin Ride […]

After Months of Rumors, Jump Is Finally Joining the DoBi Pilot With up to 250 Bikes (Tribune) Pfleger Rejects Police Plea to Move 7/7 Anti-Violence March off the Dan Ryan (Sun-Times) Family of Cop Who Died, Killed Another Driver While Fleeing Police Is Suing City (Tribune) CTA Employee in Critical Condition After Falling on Tracks […]

Tribune: Housing Funds Have Mostly Been Steered Away From Gentrifying Neighborhoods Emanuel Proposes Subsidized Loans for Multiunit Buildings With 20% Affordable Units (WBEZ) Remembering Diana Lampsa, 66, Killed Wednesday by Driver Fleeing Police (Tribune) Flooding Halts CTA Yellow Line Trains (CBS) Mundelein Gets Ready for $90K Storage Units Called “Garage Condominiums” (Tribune) How Businesses Benefit When […]

Turning Driver Fatally Struck Male Cyclist, 41, on 600 Block of N. Erie (Sun-Times) Good Samaritan Saved the Life of WTTW’s Elizabeth Brackett After Bike Injury (Sun-Times) Can Musk Build O’Hare Express for Less That Half the Price of $2.3 B Red Lne Extension? (Crain’s) Metra Pays the Price for Being Frugal (Crain’s) Metra to […]

Reps From Active Trans, CMAP, and Planetarium Discuss Commuter Challenge (WBEZ) Homeless Advocates Say They’ll Keep Fighting for the Right to Camp on City Streets (Reader) Chicago’s Most Famous Urban Planner Now Has His Own Musical (Sun-Times) Pranksters Place a Single LimeBike in Every Parking Spot at Their Rockford School (RRStar) A Guide to This […]

The Biking & Walking Safety Education Bill is in the Home Stretch (Active Trans) Cahill: “Sharing Economy” Enterprises Need to Be Regulated Like Businesses (Crain’s) Mans Gets 3 Years for Motorcycle DUI Crash That Killed His Fiancee (Tribune) Can Dockless and Station-Based Bike-Share Program Coexist? (Curbed) Divvy Glitch Sends International Visitors Eager to Rent Bikes […]

Ald. King and Reilly Will Introduce an Ordinance to Rename Balbo Drive for Ida B. Wells (Reader) Council Will Vote to Approve the Obama Center, Including Road Widening (ABC7) Teens Say They Use Lyft and Uber Despite Rules Against Ferrying Minors (NBC5) 5th Ward Candidate Supports Rebuilding Green Line E. of Cottage, Rev. Finney Opposes […]

Obama Center Faces Federal Lawsuit From Protect Our Parks (Curbed) Tribune Editorial Addresses Obama Center Affordability Issues, Cornell Closure Chicago Reader Looks at MPC Report on Strategies to Achieve Racial Equity in the Region Police Chase Ends in Fiery Crash in East Garfield, No Serious Injuries Evanston Pushes Back Against Plan to Cut CTA Bus […]