Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Metra Seeking $5B From State to Modernize “Oldest Passenger Fleet in the Country” (WGN) Chicagoland’s Next Bridge Crisis Could Happen in Will County (Tribune) Police Seeking Driver Who Critically Injured Man, 75, in Portage Park Last Month (Sun-Times) Driver of Stolen Vehicle Plows Into CTA Bus in Pilsen, Injuring Operator (Sun-Times) Pregnant Woman Attacked on […]

The 78 Can Do More to Promote Biking, Walking, and Transit (Active Trans) How the Chicago Region Gets to Work, in Maps (CityLab) Curbed Looks at Emanuel’s Race to Get the O’Hare Express Contract Inked Editorial: Ban the Sale of Used Cars That Have Safety Defects (Sun-Times) Driver Cited After Striking Woman, 19, in Crosswalk […]

Best Headline From the Deep-Freeze: “They’re Setting the Tracks on Fire in Chicago” (NY Post) How Today’s #Chiberia Weather Is Affecting Local Transportation (Tribune) Metra Electric Service Suspended Due to Wire Problems Caused by Extreme Cold (CBS) Car Driver Charged With Hit-and-Run in Fatal East Side Salt Truck Crash (Sun-Times) After Allegations of Misconduct, Solis […]

Pace Needs to Think Outside the Box to Boost Falling Ridership (Tribune) Macy’s Gives Pedway a Big Cleanup After Story About Mess (Tribune) Driver Fatally Struck Man, 28, in Barrington Hills Late Saturday (Tribune) Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Killed in Head-on Crash in Mount Greenwood (WGN) Police Seek Driver Who Seriously Injured Woman, 28, Near […]

Ped Stops Dropped After New Rules Implemented, But Tickets for Black Drivers Spiked (Tribune) Freight Train Derailment Cancels Morning Service on Metra’s Heritage Line (Tribune) State Trooper Christopher Lambert, 34, Killed After Stopping at Crash on I-294 (Tribune) Speeding Car Driver Crashes Into Van, Causing It to Catch Fire (ABC) CTA Now Offering Free Wireless […]

CTA Bus Ridership has Dropped 26% Since 2008 (Sun-Times) AARP Leader & Crash Survivor: Removing Cams Would Cost Lives (Sun-Times) 2 Pedestrian Fatalities in Elgin in 2 Days, Including Alexis Horton, 13 (Tribune) Police: Man and Attacked and Robbed by Teens at Illinois Medical District Stop (CBS) 2 Teens Charged After Attack That Injured Man […]

Op-ed: Instead of Casino, Let’s Help SE Side With Nature Tourism, Including Biking (Sun-Times) 7 Injured, 3 Seriously, in 1-Car Rollover Crash Near Pilsen (Tribune) Family of Missing UIC Student Asks CTA to Turn Over Surveillance Video (ABC) Days After 2 Officers Killed by MED Train, Officer Nearly Struck by RIL Train (ABC) Mary Mitchell: No […]

City of Chicago Is Sending a Delegation to Check Out Musk’s Test Tunnel (Tribune) Ald. Burnett: New Damen Green Stop Will Right a Historic Wrong (Block Club) Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Pushing Another Man Onto ‘L’ Tracks (Tribune) Driver Charged With DUI in Crash That Killed County Correctional Officer  (Sun-Times) Sydney Weber, 16, […]

Rahm Allies Block TIF Reform Vote That Could Stall Lincoln Yards (Block Club) Men Charged With Street Racing, Reckless Homicide in Fatal Bartlett Crash (Sun-Times) Baby Injured After 3 Vehicles, CTA Bus Struck During Police Chase (CBS) Waukegan Police Stop Teen From Jumping in Front of Metra Train (Tribune) Driver Charged After Crashing Into Suburban […]

RTA: Transit Ridership Continues Decline, With 2.6% Fewer Trips Projected in 2018 (Tribune) The Lincoln Yards Plan Needs to Pay More Attention to Transit and Traffic (Tribune) Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on Bill Daley’s Idea of a Commuter Tax (Sun-Times) Final Dockless Bike Data Confirms That Most Use Was in or Near Beverly (Tribune) Chicago […]

Every Metra Line Delayed as Storm Dumps up to 13 Inches of Snow (Tribune) Driver Jumps Curb in Hinsdale, Fatally Striking Woman, 71 (Tribune) Fatal Tractor Crash Delayed Holiday Travel on Amtrak’s Carl Sandberg Line (Tribune) After Chuyuan Qiu’s 2016 Death, Bike Lanes Installed on Sheridan (Daily Northwestern) Can Metra and Lake County Reverse the […]