Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

League of American Bicyclists ranks Illinois the 15th most bike-friendly state (Daily Herald) 7 injured, 3 seriously, after van and car drivers crash near 47th/Ashland in Back of the Yards (CBS) Police release image of vehicle whose driver injured man and killed his dog in Irving Park (FOX) Forest Park leaders share ideas about cutting […]

John talks with ATA’s Jim Merrell about the group’s campaigns to fight car-dependency (Reader) CPD says Dominga Flores, 25, killed in crash with Chicago carjacking suspects on crime spree throughout SW Side (ABC) Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community: Wine bottle attack on Red Line part of pattern of anti-Asian violence (Block Club) GOP […]

ATA discusses how last week’s City Council hearing on CTA, ghosted by its president, highlighted transit problems Armitage in Logan square will be repaved, including curb extensions at Rockwell, Point, and Francisco (Block Club) Bryn Mawr temporary station wins People’s Choice Award from the American Institute of Architects (Railway Age) 37th annual North Shore Century […]

Council transportation committee will hold meeting with CTA at 1 PM today to discuss unreliable service (Crain’s) Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th), a recreational bike rider who once advocated for pedicab operators, is retiring (Crain’s) Block Club looks at how the national rail strike could lead to shutdowns of 4 Metra lines Why are often-deadly wrong-way […]

Illinois traffic deaths spike as pandemic trends lead to more roadway tragedies (Sun-Times) Man punched bystander at Clark/Lake station, stole ride-hail car, crashed nearby, got away on foot (CBS) Police officer fatally struck retired nurse Denise Blidy, 66, on bike at 77th/Central in SW-surburban Burbank (Sun-Times) 3 injured after CPD officer collided with another driver […]

I’m Late Protest against CTA unreliability Wednesday 9/14, 8:30-9:30 at CTA HQ, 567 W. Lake St. Ask CTA Program: CTA will start making managers available for Q & A at stations and bus transfer hubs (ABC) Trucker charged with hit-and-run after killing Jose Cobian on bike on 8/18 in Elk Grove Village, lying about it […]

Speeding driver rear-ends another vehicle at 110th/Cicero in Oak Lawn, kills 1, critically injures another (NBC) Driver strikes Starbucks near Kostner/Irving Park in Irving Park neighborhood, no injuries (CBS) All 3 Chicagoland transit systems are offering free rides to students on the first day of school (NBC) ATA discusses the passage of Chicago’s equitable transit-oriented […]

Driver murdered 3 men, including Devonta Vivetter, 27, and Donald Huey, 25, during fight outside Jeffery Pub (ABC) Driver dies after rear-ending another vehicle on Eisenhower near 1st Ave., other motorist uninjured (FOX) Police seek help IDing man struck and seriously injured by driver 8/2 at Jackson/Pulaski in Garfield Park (CBS) Crain’s editorial: Here’s hoping […]

7 killed after speeding wrong-way driver strikes van with mother and 5 children on 1-90 (CBS) SUV driver, 21, crashes into sedan in Park Ridge, killing passenger and critically injuring driver (WGN) Driver fatally struck man on 4500 block of W. Diversey in Hermosa and fled CPD officer seriously injured in crash with unlicensed teen […]

Ald. La Spata proposes using CTA bus cameras to ticket drivers who block bus lanes, stops (Sun-Times) Could upgrades to Museum Campus, including pedestrian improvements, coax Bears into staying? (NBC) Drunk driver killed Layla Nesbitt, 3, and injured her sister A’miya, 4, at 138th/Cottage Grove in Dolton (ABC) Remembering writer, teacher, and activist Hannah Hayes, […]

Chicago Transit Authority Union president Keith Hill discusses new hiring plan on WGN Radio Pedestrian struck and killed by Metra train in Evanston (CBS Chicago) P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC warns that Metra ridership may not return to pre-pandemic levels (Crusader) Meanwhile, CTA ridership is back to pre-pandemic levels during […]