Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

CTA riders are still experiencing headways longer than before the pandemic (Planetzen) CTA’s reliance on overtime continued to rise in 2022 as agency lost bus drivers (WTTW) The Belmont, Logan Square and California Blue Line stations undergoing upgrades (NBC Chicago) The Racine Blue Line station to get a $75 million overhaul (Urbanize) A pedestrian was […]

ATA, Commuters Take Action, and Ald. Vasquez weigh in on how to save the ‘L’ (Chicago Magazine) CTA safety and reliability: Here’s what Chicago mayoral hopefuls had to say at our mayoral candidate forum (NBC) CTA, Pace to launch joint, unlimited-ride passes February 20, merging day and multiday pass programs (Sun-Times) Relatives, neighbor remember Donald […]

CTA will tout progress supposedly made on its “Meeting the Moment” action plan today (CBS) CTA argues Transit Ambassadors would have little impact, while spending $101M on dubious safety tactics (Illinois Answers) Hit-and-run Lincoln SUV driver killed person crossing the street Monday evening at 56th/Racine in W. Englewood (FOX) Driver charged with reckless homicide, street […]

Mayoral hopeful Kam Buckner talks about CTA, biking, and “dibs” (Block Club) SUV driver fatally struck man, 77, trying to cross street at Martin/Brom in Naperville (WGN) Norfolk Southern continues Englewood expansion —but will the company meet community demands? (Block Club) Ogden between Western and Pulaski is getting a streetscape project, but apparently no bike […]

Brandon Johnson proposes Metra “‘city surcharge’ that will raise $40 million from the suburbs” (Sun-Times) …Bike Grid op-ed says Metra surcharge is a bad idea, calls for congestion pricing (and a bike grid) instead (Sun-Times) Driver cited after failing to yield to pedestrian while turning onto Kennedy access road, injuring them (FOX) Police involved in […]

Chicagoland congressional delegation helped win $204.1M in grants for Metra projects, “shattering record” Council approves rehab of Van Buren Metra station, but “Paris Metro” entrance will be removed (Block Club) Metra expects to begin testing its new, already obsolete SD70MACH diesel locomotives this spring (Railfan) Pace releases 2022 annual report; updates board on recruitment efforts […]

CTA gets $2M for feasibility study on reopening Racine Green Line station in West Englewood (Block Club) Glowacz and Joravsky discuss alder’s statements on the pros and cons of the Red Line extension TIF (ICG) Letter: Instead of raising fares to address CTA’s fiscal cliff, reallocate money from highway projects (Tribune) CPD: Suspect dead after […]

Hit-and-run driver critically injured army vet Tom Kownacki at Irving Park/Rockwell, near where IDOT blocked ped improvements (ABC) …In June a distracted driver killed pedestrian Peter Paquette, 75, five blocks east at Irving Park/Hoyne 2 people died early Thursday morning in fiery single-car rollover crash on Kennedy near Addison (ABC) CPD: Speeding driver who struck […]

Pritzker cuts ribbon on Jane Byrne Interchange, IDOT makes dubious promise it will halve congestion (ABC) Developer buying CTA’s Fulton Market control center, building new one on West Side (Crain’s) Driver charged with DUI after fatally striking passenger in car that stopped after hitting a deer in Sauk Village (WGN) Woman, 74, in critical condition […]

PEW article on how state DOT obstruction of safety upgrades endanger pedestrians quotes Ald. Martin on Peter Paquette case Martin, a champion of pedestrian and bike safety improvements, will run for reelection unopposed (Block Club) Family of Juana Tapia Lopez, 56, struck and critically injured by hit-and-run driver in Little Village, calls for justice (NBC) […]

WTTW: Dozens of bus and train operators paid overtime for average weeks of 80 hours or more A draft of RTA’s 2023 Regional Transit Strategic Plan will be released and available for public comment early this week 1 dead in fiery semi / car crash on Dan Ryan early this morning, causing suspension of Red […]