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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 19

By John Greenfield | Apr 19, 2018

$1.5M Settlement for Family of Girl Who Was Struck by a CTA Bus Driver (Tribune) Trains Rerouted After Man Found Dead on ‘L’ Car Near Howard (Sun-Times) What Effect Would Legalizing Marijuana Have on Illinois Traffic Safety? (Reader) City Council Approves Tripling the Fine for Downtown Double Parking to $300 (Tribune) NW Suburban Cary Will […]

A CTA-sponsored neighborhood development plan shows potential development massing next to its L stations.

In CTA’s First-Ever TOD Plan, Too Much Parking is Proposed Adjacent to ‘L’ Stations

By Shaun Jacobsen | Apr 18, 2018 | 5 Comments

The CTA has embarked on a neighborhood development plan to recommend new mixed-use buildings next to its 'L' stations on the North Side.

Florida's complete streets law led officials to tack on bike and pedestrian infrastructure without changing the car-centric nature of the state's transportation planning. Photo: Weinstein Legal

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Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2018

A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 18

By John Greenfield | Apr 18, 2018 | 4 Comments

Editorial: Emanuel Is “Making Little Plans” for North Branch Green Space (Tribune) Metra Wants Leverage Over Amtrak in Upcoming Union Station Negotiations (Crain’s) Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Lent $20M to Wife of Chicago Cab Mogul (Sun-Times) How Advocates Are Encouraging Cycling in Elk Grove Village (Active Trans) Cyclists of Chicago Podcast Talks With Divvy Marketing […]

Waiting for a Metra Union Pacific-North Line train at Waukegan. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Lots of Metra Station, Track, Bridge, Crossing and Signal Upgrades in 2018

By John Greenfield | Apr 17, 2018

$84.8 million in improvement projects are planned on all 11 lines.

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Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2018

The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 17

By John Greenfield | Apr 17, 2018 | 25 Comments

Committee Approves Reilly’s Proposal to Triple Double Parking Fines (Sun-Times) O’Hare Express Hopeful Elon Musk Raises $113M for Tunnels & Hyperloop (Crain’s) Officers Accused of Scheme to Provide Free United Center Parking to Cops (Sun-Times) Developers Propose City’s 2nd-Largest Skyscraper Next to Trib Tower Condos (Tribune) CBS Talks With Residents About the Proposal to Extend […]

A rendering of a possible design for an express train station at O’Hare. Image: City of Chicago

Why CMAP Was Wise to Keep the O’Hare Express Off Its Priority Projects List

By John Greenfield | Apr 17, 2018 | 32 Comments

Despite claims to the contrary from Crain's Joe Cahill, one of the project's biggest boosters, the planning agency made the right call.

Bogotá reduced traffic deaths after reframing the issue in a way that appealed to widely accepted values. Photo: Felipe Restrepo Acosta/Wikimedia Commons

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“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2018

The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.

The north side of the new south terminal. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Check Out the New South Terminal of the 95th Street Stop

By Jeff Zoline | Apr 16, 2018 | 5 Comments

The facility is open to rail and bus riders, while the old station is now closed for construction of a new north terminal.