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CTA hopes to start next phase of Red Line extension planning “very soon” (WTTW) City prepares for a new wave of homelessness as statewide eviction ban is lifted (Block Club) Lyft’s PAC quietly spent nearly $666K supporting IL state legislative candidates this cycle (ISBOE) Driver fatally struck Tamer Jaghama, 6, in Oak Lawn (ABC) 3 […]

Aldermen oppose lowering speed cam threshold, Reilly calls for 20 mph in CBD (Block Club) Ald. Michele Smith implies that street lighting versus VZ is a zero-sum game (Alex Nitkin) CTA giving away masks in travel healthy kits Monday morning; Here’s how to get one (CBS) 3 injured when SUV driver crashes into CTA bus […]

WTTW looks at the movement to make North LSD less car-centric Lightfoot announces return of ban on indoor bar service, 10 PM curfew (Block Club) 2 separate fatal crashes on Tri-State Tollway (WGN) Sana Saleem, 38 killed in I-294 crash in Schiller Park Thursday morning (ABC) 2 critically injured after BMW driver struck motorcycle on […]

Feds back plan to pedestrianize roads in Jackson Park as part of Obama center work (Block Club) WTTW looks at demands for no transit shutdowns in the event of post-election protests Drunk driver arrested after crash on I-57 that injured Illinois state trooper (CBS) COPA concludes investigation into police shooting of Ariel Roman at Grand […]

ATA, MPC, and Lyft: To avoid post-COVID carpocalypse, walk/bike/transit-friendly streets needed (Sun-Times) CTA, Pace, and Metra release new, updated Ventra App Metra: No cuts in weekend service are currently planned (Daily Herald) IPD: Since Metra ridership has been down during COVID, they should gut the system Plans for Chicago to Rockford passenger rail service gain […]

Metra director Romayne C. Brown will become the first Black woman to lead the board (Herald) Person killed after running into traffic on I-290 after police stop for alleged carjacking (CBS) Yellow Line trains were stopped last night after a “medical emergency” in Skokie (Sun-Times) Multiple female pedestrians report being groped by man on bike […]

1 dead, 1 injured after Dan Ryan motorcycle crash throws pair onto 47th Street tracks (ABC) Driver charged with DUI after reportedly injuring 2 CPD officers in Englewood (Sun-Times) Young male on bike reportedly injured by SUV driver near Halsted/Archer (BLU) Black cyclist who was harassed on Winnetka pier returns for a welcome ride (Tribune) […]

Marz brewing owner’s BLM display smashed by ‘jagoffs’ outside Bridgeport art gallery (Block Club) City of Chicago will conduct “public safety drill” downtown this evening, disrupting traffic Carjacking and chase ends in rollover crash on the Stevenson (CBS) What the city, park district are doing to shore up infra along lakefront and beyond (WTTW) Albany […]

City lifts restrictions to Loop bridges, streets, CTA stops (Sun-Times) Letter from ATA: Shutting down transit is unfair to Chicagoans who need it most (Sun-Times) Chicagoland transit’s fate tied to trust — and probably federal cash (Sun-Times) Longtime Little Village nut vendor Jose Almanza, 67, killed by driver fleeing police (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed Radame […]

BIPOC rights activists cheer after Lightfoot removes Columbus statues, Miegs Field-style (Block Club) The history of the the statue, including Mussolini’s involvement (Block Club) ATA bus fellows deliver transit-related budget requests to City Council West Side community leaders discussed COVID transportation issues with ATA Person shot and killed, another injured near Howard stop in Evanston […]