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ATA looks back at 2020 scooter pilot, and forward to an equity-focused program Avondale merchants letting teachers work outside their businesses to protest CPS reopening (Block Club) Suburban restaurants have been violating Illinois’ indoor dining ban (Tribune) Police release photos of suspects in Red and Green line robberies and thefts (Sun-Times) Someone broke 8 windows […]

ATA’s list of top 10 sustainable transportation stories of 2020 Second stimulus is big win, but more work to do to save Chicago transit (ATA) WTTW checks in with CTA on the Belmont Flyover project Driver fatally strikes Williams Tee Ervin, 58, in Gary, claims he didn’t see him (Sun-Times) CPD: Woman arrested after “intentionally” […]

Watch Preckwinkle launch Fair Transit South Cook 11 AM today on her Facebook page Jobs in shipping, e-commerce are booming, but they’re often inconveniently located (ADG) 2 CPD officers hospitalized after crash on East 70th Street (CBS) Allegedly speeding driver charged with homicide for crash that killed his cousin (Sun-Times) Vehicle found from 12/23 crash […]

Sun-Times editorial: Red Line extension funding milestone is “Great News for the South Side” Speeding driver fatally strikes wheelchair user Marvin Brown, 84, in Englewood (Sun-Times) Attempted traffic stop leads to high-speed chase, fatal crash in Lisle (Herald) Driver charged after striking pedestrian in Lincolnwood, fleeing the scene (Tribune) With a 90-minute rail commute, could […]

Blackstone alumnus and Divvy employee Jermell Akins critically wounded in shooting (GoFundMe) Boy, 15, stabbed on Jackson Red Line platform, in good condition (ABC) 3 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed Eliseo Mendoza, 86, family seeks answers (Block Club) Man who allegedly fired rifle on Metra platform turns himself in (NBC) Crash, downed power line shut […]

Study: Lack of opportunity to social distanced caused higher Black, Latino COVID death rates (Block Club) 3 teens die in crash after fleeing traffic stop in Berkeley (Sun-Times) Truck driver fatally struck Michael Guzman, 31, in West Rogers Park (Sun-Times) Longtime cop John Garrido Sr., 76, father of anti-bike lane activist, died of COVID-19 (Sun-Times) […]

Ald. Martin is proposing an EZ Pass-style downtown congestion pricing system (Twitter) CNT’s Jacky Grimshaw discussed Lightfoot’s infrastructure spending plan (WTTW) Police: Teen boy crashed stolen car in the South Loop, 3 injured; charges pending (ABC) Hit-and-run driver inflicts serious head injury on man, 70, on bike in Palatine (Sun-Times) Suspect arrested in Franklin Park […]

Pritzker issues state Stay at Home guidelines, warns they could become mandatory (NBC) How Chicago’s transit shutdowns during BLM protests negatively impacted residents (The Appeal) Transit agencies surveying riders about post-COVID reality (Evanston Now) Man in his 60s killed in Lake Forest hit-and-run; police search for white pickup truck (Tribune) Driver dies after car/Metra train […]

Hundreds of Chicagoans take to the street to demand that every vote be counted (Tribune) Pritzker warns of “painful” cuts after Fair Tax proposal fails at the ballot box (Tribune) 1 killed in Eisenhower Expressway crash after driver rear-ends semi-truck (ABC) Metra, Amtrak ask to continue mediation of Chicago Union Station dispute (Trains) Meet Lee […]

Lightfoot hopes to persuade Pritzker to lift Chicago indoor dining ban (PBS) Hyde Park Herald looks at what the South Cook Fair Transit pilot means for the neighborhood Trump got $270M in debt forgiven when his Chicago tower proved a disappointment (NYT) Car crash caused power outage in Northbrook Tuesday afternoon, no injuries (ABC) CTA […]

Hit-and-run driver strikes and injures man walking to Ravenswood Metra stop (NBC) Man injured by hit-and-run driver in Glenview (Tribune) Plumber’s union unveils plan for 500-car garage in West Loop (Block Club) Red Line resumes normal service after pole falls on Loyola stop (Fox) Morton Grove secures $267,000 grant toward construction of ped and bike […]