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Anti-transit lobbying group decries One Central transit hub plan as a wasteful boondoggle (Tribune) Metra adding more trains as people start returning to office, but roll toward normalcy is slow (CBS) Woman killed after wrong-way pickup driver crashes into her vehicle near Oak Park (Tribune) 7 injured, including 2 children, in multicar crash in Englewood […]

Chicago launches CTA “vaccination bus” to reach seniors in areas with low vaccination rates (Sun-Times) 4-year-old Chicago boy dies in fiery Bishop Ford crash involving IDOT truck (Tribune) More state senators needed to co-sponsor bill to make Illinois roads safer (ATA) ATA talks to Chuy Garcia about his efforts to win transit funding ATA honored […]

Residents: It’s unfair we can’t store multi-ton metal boxes at the beach for free (Sun-Times, Block Club) Katarzyna Kurek-Polk, 37, fatally hit by trucker after pushing husband out of the way in Elgin (Sun-Times) Truck-car crash with minor injuries caused traffic delays in Romeoville during evening rush (CBS) Drug charge filed in shooting, fiery crash […]

CTA approves $1.75M settlement with Joseph Morgan, 24, struck on bike by bus driver (WTTW) Limit St. Patrick’s Day crowds or we’ll shut you down, city warns Chicago bars (Block Club) Crain’s podcast: Why Metra sees questionable One Central transit hub as a “golden opportunity” With no letup in carjackings, police launch website, add more […]

Man, 41, dead after 2 semi drivers crash on Tri-State Tollway near Roberts Road (ABC) Wrigley Field recommended as mass vaccination site due to Red Line proximity (ABC) 35th Ward residents vote to repair 5 sidewalks, install new street lamps (Block Club) New $8.6M New Lennox Metra station in now open (Patch) BGA, citizen note […]

Station control at center of latest filings over Metra-Amtrak Union Station dispute (Trains) 18-year-old pedestrian dead, several injured in car crash on 74th and Racine (CBS) Good Samaritan struck while trying to help during deadly I-57 crash (CBS) CTA Yellow Line shut down due to incident involving train at Dempster-Skokie (CBS) Elmhurst solicits feedback on […]

The city could soon let restaurants and bars do indoor service at 40% capacity (Block Club) Tribune editorial: Taxpayers in no shape to subsidize One Central megaproject with “transit hub” Two CPD officers suffer minor injured in head-on crash in Portage Park (WGN) Resentencing ordered for drunk driver who killed blind pedestrian James Gavina, 58, […]

Driver fatally struck Tyler R. Malinowski, 27, on road without sidewalks in Romeoville (Sun-Times) 4 hospitalized in I-290 crash at Wolf Road (Sun-Times) CPD: Shooting outside University Village bar ends with crash on Dan Ryan and 2 shot (Tribune) Passengers evacuated after small fire in engine of Metra train in Woodstock (LMCS) New grocery store […]

CTA releases new Uptown, Edgewater station designs, including removal of “Asia on Argyle” sign (Block Club) Female pedestrian, 28, in good condition after being struck by driver after 2-car crash in Loop (Sun-Times) New schedule for Metra’s Rock Island Line kicks in February 1 (Patch) Plans to reopen Double Door near Wilson stop, build 62 […]

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” […]