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Lightfoot: Reopening bars, restaurants would address problem of unsafe secret parties (Block Club) Man, 47, fatally shot while walking in Austin, stray bullet injures CTA bus driver (ABC) ATA applauds the CTA for offering free mask dispensers on 20 bus routes After Hilco dust disaster, city moves to increase fines for polluters (Block Club) Advocates […]

Will COVID vaccines accelerate a return to downtown offices? (Tribune) Man, 29, found dead on CTA Red Line train near 63rd Street (Sun-Times) 5 critically injured, including 3 kids and teen, after Humboldt Park crash (WGN) Police searching for suspect in December 28 stabbing at Rosemont station (J&T) Driver veered onto the Lakefront Trail near […]

Former ald. Joe Moreno, already facing felony charges, crashes into 8 parked cars (ABC) The Washington Park Christmas tree has been vandalized three times (Block Club) Here’s where you can recycle Christmas trees in Chicago (Block Club) Developer seeks to build 32K SF of retail with 176 spaces on E. Pilsen vacant lot (Block Club) […]

Coalition of advocate led by ATA calls for transparency on any future transit cuts South Cook Fair Transit program gets final green light without CTA participation (Tribune) Politico: Rahm Emanuel was considered “too toxic” for USDOT post, got a personal call from Biden Driver fatally struck female pedestrian in Joliet (Sun-Times) Naperville sisters die after […]

Divvy electrification, N. Lawndale bike library among “awesome” 2020 Chicago happenings (TOC) Wrong-way driver crashes into Joliet funeral procession, injuring 3 (NBC) Police officer injured in crash with driver in Chatham (Tribune) FBI looking for man wanted for shooting rifle on McCormick Place Metra platform (ABC) Chicago Restaurant Coalition led by BRT opponent Romanelli, pushes […]

Chicago aldermen weigh in on the idea of Rahm Emanuel as USDOT chief (Associated Press) Letter: Rahm Emanuel lacks “character and moral rectitude” to be USDOT chief (Tribune) Zachary Plantz, 27, advisor to Dan Lipinski, killed in Florida crash on Thanksgiving morning (ABC) Hit-and-run driver injures state trooper on Kennedy Expressway (CBS) CBS looks at […]

ATA, other advocacy groups launch petition against diverting ride-hail revenue from CTA CTA ‘cautiously optimistic’ about second round of transit stimulus money (WTTW) Gary police chase ends with death of bystander Jacob Moore, 29, on IU campus (CBS) Driver charged with fatally striking Troy Young, 41, in Lombard, fleeing (Daily Herald) Worker injured in South […]

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 […]