Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

Source: Train Operator’s Mistake, Overcorrection Blamed for Blue Line Derailment (CBS) Trucker Charged for Crash That Killed Trooper Brooke Jones-Story (CBS) Ride-Hailing Driver Charged for Collision With Unmarked Police Car (Sun-Times) Police Chase for Possession of Stolen Car Ends in a Hyde Park Crash (Tribune) Video: Pedestrian Attacked by Teens on LFT Near 47th, Where […]

How the New City Hall Lineup Could Influence Housing & Development Policy (Curbed) Meter Deal Prevents Bus, Bike Improvements – Here’s What Lori Can Do About It (Tribune) Editorial: However Long It Takes, Get the Lincoln Yards TIF Right (Tribune) Video: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Into Police Vehicle at Belmont/Ashland (WGN) Driver Who Killed […]

More Coverage of Uber’s Campaign to Kill the Divvy Deal (Block Club, Sun-Times, Tribune) Austin Family Sues Oak Park Police Over Fatal Crash (Austin Weekly) Duckworth’s Wheelchair-Trashing Disclosure Rule Reveals Airline Damage 25 a Day (Crain’s) Crain’s Hosted a Future of Transportation Event With Emanuel Discussing ORD Expansion Helmut Jahn Scrawls Handwritten Note Saying He’s […]

Scheinfeld Claps Back at Sun-Times Claim That Divvy/Lyft Might Have Left Money on Table Man Charged With Reckless Homicide, DUI in Elgin Crash That Killed 2 (Sun-Times) Dan Ryan Was Shut Down Between 75th and 79th for Shooting Investigation (Fox) Woman Who Was Choked by Man on Green Line Says CTA Response Was Inadequate (CBS) […]

Annamma Abraham, 61, Fatally Struck in Niles — 4th Recent Pedestrian Fatality in Area (CBS) Driver Who Killed Joy Tyrus, 28, While Fleeing Traffic Stop Charged With Homicide (Tribune) Man Charged With DUI in Crash With Firetruck That Killed Passenger Andrew Lee, 32 (Sun-Times) Driver Dead in Single-Vehicle Crash on Eisenhower Expressway (CBS) Lightfoot and […]

The Tribune Invokes Livable Streets Icon Jane Jacobs in Its Pro-Lincoln Yards Editorial The Jane Byrne Project Is 3.5 Years Behind Schedule and $170M Over Budget (Tribune) Volkswagen Beetle Driver Fatally Struck Man, 50, in Belmont-Cragin and Fled (ABC) State Rep Theresa Mah Discusses Sustainable Transportation With Active Trans Reilly Calls for a Crackdown on “Guerrilla […]

Active Trans Now and the Tribune Compare Preckwinkle and Lightfoot’s Transportation Policies Ald. Ramirez-Rosa on the O’Hare Express Project: Musk “Comes off as a Grifter” (The Verge) Three Violent Robberies Near Pulaski Pink Line Station This Month (Sun-Times) City Releases Plan for 17-Acre “Wild Mile” Floating Park Along North Branch (Active Trans) The South Shore […]

Community Development Commission OKs $900M Lincoln Yards TIF (Sun-Times) Judge Upholds Lawsuit Opposing Obama Presidential Center Location (Curbed) 3 Injured, Including 1-Year-Old, in Fiery Burbank Crash (Sun-Times) State Trooper Injured in Crash on Dan Ryan Near 43rd in Bronzeville (Sun-Times) Slick Morning Commute as Snow Turns to Freezing Rain in Northern Illinois (Tribune) ELPC: Let’s […]

Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on Cams, Uber, Fares, CTA Expansion, Bike Lanes (Tribune) Ida B. Wells Drive Named Today; Balbo Drive, Memorial to a Fascist, Will Remain (Block Club) MED Trains Resume Normal Schedule Today After Polar Vortex Issues (NBC) UP-N Delayed in Winnetka by Police Activity, Switching Problems (Tribune) CBS: Batavia Intersection’s Unique Design […]

How Faster Transit Service Could Help Connect the Suburbs (Active Trans) Southwest Organizing Project Talks With Residents About Their Bus Experiences (Active Trans) Mayoral Candidate Armara Enyia Cities Equity Issues With Chicago Bike and Car Ticketing (Crain’s) Ana Fernandez, 77, Died After Being Struck on 1/2 in Belmont Heights, Driver Cited (Sun-Times) Closed Since Wednesday, […]

$6B Lincoln Yards Project Wins Plan commission’s OK (Tribune) Everybody in Chicago’s Mayoral Race Says They Want Traffic Ticket Reform (ProPublica) Driver Fatally Struck Cyclist Douglas M. Demott, 52, in Tinley Park (Sun-Times) Metra Slows Trains Due to Extreme Cold (CBS) Dan Lipinski to Chair Railroads Subcommittee in the House (CTJ) Truckers Plan to “Slow-Roll” […]