Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

Could a pedestrian-friendly streetscape help revitalize the ailing LaSalle St. financial corridor? (Crain’s) Speeding driver killed, passenger critically injured, after crashing into tree on Peterson (ABC) Driver dead after striking median on Avenue O in Hegewisch, vehicle caught fire (ABC) Police: Man suffers arm injury after accidentally falling on Blue Line tracks at Washington stop […]

IL mask mandate ends 2/28; Chicago may nix mask and vax requirements by then as well (Block Club) 3 injured after police try to pull over driver of car possibly connected to armed robberies near 59th/State (CBS) Woman tried to reach around glass and grab driver of moving #66 bus in Noble Square, then bit […]

USDOT: Metra will receive  a $513.6 million from the American Rescue Plan fund (Trains.com) Blue Line attackers hit sleeping man with a bat, stabbed him, bit him, and robbed him (OakPark.com) Winter storm brings cancellations to Amtrak service in Midwest (Trains.com) Delays reported on CTA Green, Red, Purple, Brown trains and buses amid winter storm […]

CTA says it’s reached tentative agreement with operators unions for a 9.25% pay hike over life of contract (Sun-Times) Driver charged with hit-and-run killing of Alyssa Charles, 24, last Saturday in North Chicago (LMS) How to help unhoused people who are sheltering at Jeff Park Transit Center? Local leaders: It’s complicated (Nadig) Semi driver flees […]

How new laws, advocacy and charity helped strengthen support for cycling in 2021 (Daily Herald) Man critically injured in shooting, 3-year-old girl grazed in Chatham shooting that resulted in car crash (ABC) 2 hospitalized after Metra trains struck person at Millennium, car in Morgan Park Thursday night (Tribune) CPD: 3 injured, including 2 officers, after […]

About 50 people showed up for last night’s protest of Halsted bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane Equiticity and CMAP discuss the latest CTA ridership findings (WTTW) UIC’s P.S. Sriraj, transit agencies discuss what it will take for ridership to return to normal (Tribune) Metra is planning major hiring push as more downtown commuting […]

Woman, 68, struck by driver who ran red while waiting for bus in Grand Crossing has died (Fox) Driver runs red, strikes another car, injures pedestrian, hits storefront in Rogers Park (Block Club) Case of innocent Black teen jailed after Kankakee shooting highlights traffic stop inequalities (Tribune) SWAT team called to ERIK’S Bike Shop in […]

CTA bus drivers took over Michigan Avenue to march for safer working conditions (CBS) CBS looks at CPD efforts to curb violence on CTA – no mention of deploying Transit Ambassadors 2 dead after driver crashes into a tree on the Lakefront Trail and vehicle bursts into flames (Tribune) Police: Man charged after allegedly forcing […]

Pedestrian struck and killed on I-57 in Will County; southbound lanes closed (CBS) Oak Park bike shop reopens after allegedly drunk driver crashed into it last month (NBC) Red, Orange, Green trains left standing at Roosevelt during PM rush due to CPD activity (CBS) This just in: Speed humps are effective in slowing down drivers […]

IDOT hopes to use federal infra money to widen Ike, Stevenson, and Tri-State Tollway (Tribune) SUV driver who killed 5, injured 40+ in Waukesha parade may have been fleeing another incident (CNN) Driver strikes ride-hail vehicles from behind on 1500 block of N. DLSD, killing passenger (CBS) CPD: Man critically wounded in shootout with robber […]

The Navy Pier Flyover got an “award of merit” from ENR Midwest Control tower beams installed at O’Hare’s new Terminal 5 expansion (YIMBY) The solid red to turn from southeast-bound Milwaukee onto eastbound Kinzie is out (The Chainlink) New roof takes shape at former Morton Salt factory in West Town (YIMBY) Englewood neighbors, artist unveil […]