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CTA schedule for trains being updated; agency says goal is improving trackers, service (ABC) Thompson Center redeveloper calls for more policing, cleaning of the ‘L’ system, makes no mention of improving service (Crain’s) Green Line experiences delays due to blaze at 47th Street station in Grand Boulevard (NBC) Yet another Chicagoan is killed by a […]

Aldermen scoff at approving nearly $1 billion for Red Line extension (Crain’s) Commuters Take Action: Ghost run situation hasn’t improved since CTA released “Meeting the Moment” plan (Sun-Times) 3 killed in fiery crash after Jeep driver strikes trees along Route 132 near Greenleaf Street in Gurnee (ABC) Driver killed after striking tree on 300 block […]

RTA: Chicago area transit systems reached pandemic-era milestone with combined 1 million weekday riders (Sun-Times) Mateo Zastro, 3, shot and killed while riding in mother’s car in apparent road rage incident in West Lawn (Block Club) Police chase ends in crash on 3800 block of W. Madison in East Garfield , killing one person and […]

Mind-blowing aerial footage of Thursday’s Chicago, Bike Grid Now “die-in” on DLSD Driver and passenger killed after crashing car into building on 4300 block of South Archer in Brighton Park (ABC) $1,000 reward offered for info on hit-and-run driver who killed Taha Khan on 8/10 in Sauganash (CBS) COPA recommends firing of CPD officer involved […]

More footage from last night’s Jamapalooza bike convergence and DLSD die-in, organized by Chicago, Bike Grid Now Driver critically injured man near Emerson/Hartrey in Evanston Thursday morning (ABC) Teen charged with armed robbery of man, 27, on Blue Line near UIC-Halsted stop (FOX) Man federally charged with illegally possessing a loaded handgun, cocaine and fentanyl […]

Sun-Times editorial: Carter’s absence at Council hearing does a great disservice to alders, riders, taxpayers State rep and mayoral hopeful Kam Buckner releases his transportation plan (Sun-Times) After freight union reaches tentative agreement with management Metra celebrates reprieve from service shutdowns Metra riders react to the service restoration (NBC) After man critically injured on Devon, […]

Driver fatally struck Samuel Bell, 41, on an e-bike Thursday afternoon near Milwaukee/Morgan in River West (WTTW) 2 different drivers have been charged with DUI in July crash that killed Arnelis Flores, 14, on Eisenhower (ABC) Man charged with vehicular homicide in killing of male pedestrian, 22, Sunday at Madison/Ogden (Sun-Times) Long-delayed Ravenswood Metra station […]

Driver fatally struck Julian Medina, 14, as biked Sunday evening at 55th/La Grange in SW suburban Countryside (Tribune) Block Club looks at the 8/12 action to protect pedestrians on DLSD that was thwarted by responding officers Black residents were once confined to one block in Uptown. A community garden will honor these families. (Block Club) […]

Buttigieg op-ed: Success of Hiawatha Line shows if you provide good Amtrak service, people will use it (Sun-Times) Operating issues continue for state-supported Amtrak trains serving Chicago (Trains) Man charged with murder for fatally striking 3 people outside the Jeffery Pub LGBTQ bar in South Shore (Tribune) Man charged with battery after man shoved onto […]

CTA completes environmental review for Red Line extension on Far South Side (ABC) Crain’s reporter Greg Hinz looks at CTA’s plan to increase police presence Joshua Brumfield, 26, killed after driving the wrong way on Rte. 41 in Wadsworth and striking truck (CBS) Man, 52, critically injured after reportedly trying to run across DLSD near […]

Police chief Brown: Desk duty cops could be put on CTA patrol to help stop crime (Block Club) Family of Diunte Moon, 29, killed on Red Line at 79th, says he was a law student who worked as a security guard (NBC) Person arrested after allegedly stealing bag of Red Line train rider this morning […]