Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

CTA cancels security contract, discontinues use of guard dogs on trains and platforms (Tribune) 2 injured after driver slams into CTA bus at Clark/Foster in Andersonville (Sun-Times) Semi crash spills hundreds of wine bottles onto the Bishop Ford (WGN) Aldermen propose plan to increase affordable housing minimums in new developments (Crain’s) Deerfield congressman Bread Schneider […]

2 mothers standing guard to promote safe streets in Gresham killed in drive-by shooting (Sun-Times) Police: Lamborghini driver brew red on Mag Mile, struck squad car, injuring officer (ABC) Pritzker will sign “Scott’s Law” requiring drivers to give stopped 1st responders more room (WRTO) Report: OPC, including pedestrianizing Cornell, will have “adverse effects” on Jackson […]

Driver Charged With DUI After Fatally Striking Drag Performer Jherrion Bates in Boystown (Tribune) Man Dies From Fall While Trying to Climb Onto the North/Damen ‘L’ Platform to Avoid Paying Fare (Sun-Times) Hit-and-Run Driver Who Seriously Injured Man, 63, on Bike in Beach Park Not immediately Charged (Herald) Driver Survives Collision With Metra Train Near Kilbourn […]

Lake County board removes language supporting the Rte. 53 highway extension from strategic plan (ATA) The Tribune sends reporters out to O’Hare by rideshare, Metra, and CTA to find quickest route (Tribune) Humboldt Park lagoon alligator, Chance the Snapper, finally captured (Block Club) Riverfront Wolf Point East tower shows off new renders of amenities (Curbed […]

The City Is Planning Community Meeting on Divvy Expansion on Far South Side (Tribune) Days After Woman Was Killed Trying to Recover Phone From Tracks, Her Niece Was Fatally Shot (Tribune) 1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured After Shooting at South Austin CTA Bus Stop (WGN) Driver Charged With Homicide, DUI After Striking Tree in Waukegan, […]

Woman Fatally Struck at 69th Red Line Stop After Going on Tracks to Retrieve Her Phone (CBS) Driver Who Killed Anthony Tlahuel, 18, Was in Stolen Car, Had Been Fleeing Police (Tribune) 2 Years Agoa 100 MPH Police Chase After an Off-Duty Officer Caused a Civilian Death (NBC) Curbed Chicago Looks at How Ald. Reilly’s […]

Fans and Detractors, Including Waguespack, Weigh in on Scooter Pilot (CBS, Fox, NBC, Chainlink) 2 Injured After Driver Crashes Into Building in the Gresham Neighborhood (ABC) Police Release Photos of Suspect in Shooting CTA Bus That Injured 3 People (ABC) Man Knifes Cyclist in Lincoln Park, Claiming That He Almost Hit Him the Other Day […]

Fate of Obama Center Could Be Determined by Outcome of Tuesday Hearing (Tribune) Merchants Are Concerned About the 3-Year Closure of Their Local Red Stops for RPM (CBS) Newly Released Video Shows the Police-Involved Crash That Killed Verona Gunn, 84 (ABC) Doctor Who Was Biking to Work Helped Save Driver Who Crashed Onto LFT (NBC) […]

More Coverage of the Illinois Infrastructure and Transportation Bill (Tribune, Sun-Times, CBS, Curbed) Details on the Metra Extension Into Kendall County That Will Be Funded by the Infra Bill (Tribune) Absurd Sun-Times Column Compares the Infrastructure Bill to Trickle-Down Economics Niles Sends Metra a New Study Advocating for a New Stop on Metra’s MD-North Line […]

CTA Will Close Lawrence, Berwyn Stops for 3+ Years During Red & Purple Modernization (Tribune) Young Father Killed, 2 Wounded, in Late-Night Shooting on the Bloomingdale Trail (Tribune) CPD Officers Blamed for “Reckless Behavior” in Crash Death of Verona Gunn, 84, in Austin (Tribune) 5 Injured in Garfield Crash, Including 2 Young Children (Sun-Times) 10 […]

Lightfoot Wants to Maintain Civil Relationship With Trump for the Sake of Transpo Grants (WaPo) Dorval Carter Is Staying on as CTA President Under the New Administration (Tribune) Hit-and-run Driver Fatally Struck Cleo Andrews, 41, Near Chicago State University (NBC) Police Are Trying to ID Woman in Her 20s Whom Driver Struck in Rogers Park […]