Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

Hundreds of Chicagoans take to the street to demand that every vote be counted (Tribune) Pritzker warns of “painful” cuts after Fair Tax proposal fails at the ballot box (Tribune) 1 killed in Eisenhower Expressway crash after driver rear-ends semi-truck (ABC) Metra, Amtrak ask to continue mediation of Chicago Union Station dispute (Trains) Meet Lee […]

Lightfoot hopes to persuade Pritzker to lift Chicago indoor dining ban (PBS) Hyde Park Herald looks at what the South Cook Fair Transit pilot means for the neighborhood Trump got $270M in debt forgiven when his Chicago tower proved a disappointment (NYT) Car crash caused power outage in Northbrook Tuesday afternoon, no injuries (ABC) CTA […]

Hit-and-run driver strikes and injures man walking to Ravenswood Metra stop (NBC) Man injured by hit-and-run driver in Glenview (Tribune) Plumber’s union unveils plan for 500-car garage in West Loop (Block Club) Red Line resumes normal service after pole falls on Loyola stop (Fox) Morton Grove secures $267,000 grant toward construction of ped and bike […]

Motorist turns himself in after killing woman, 88, in wheelchair in St. Charles, fleeing (Sun-Times) Driver strikes, critically injures elderly woman using walker near Wheeling Walmart entrance (ABC) High-speed street race leads to deadly crash Sunday  in Archer Heights (CBS) Driver injured 3 pedestrians before slamming into Church Saturday in W. Humboldt (NBC) Motorist, 64, […]

Family of Richard Garza, 58, killed in Whiting hit-and-run crash pleads for answers (NWI Times) Lindsey Lagestee, 25, killed by driver last year, honored with cutout at White Sox game (NWI Times) Man injured after another driver pushes his Jeep off a bridge and he falls 30 feet into creek (NBC) Final phase of $30M […]

Work has started on all-affordable Logan TOD, will be documented with videos (Block Club) Strava data showed 34% increase in Chicago biking in July (Bloomberg) Driver ejected, car split in half after crash in Arlington Heights (CBS) Niles seeks to add stoplight to intersection where Sam Yousif, 13, was killed on his bike (Tribune) Dreadhead […]

Will downtown ever fulling recover from the pandemic and looting? (Tribune) Task Force: Chicago must build more affordable housing that Black, Latino residents can afford (WTTW) Man stabbed in arm outside Cicero Green stop in South Austin  at 3:30 PM (Sun-Times) TIF proposed to rehab Lake Street ‘L’ bridge, Monroe Street subway (City of Chicago) […]

Driver injured after crashing into house in Mundelein (CBS) Man charged with DUI after rear-ending state trooper squad car on I-290 (Sun-Times) Despite pandemic ridership losses, CTA is hiring dozens of bus drivers (ABC) Fulton Market is being pedestrianized every day for outdoor dining (Block Club) New Lincolnshire bike/ped path will help junior high students […]

Metra projects $682M in lost revenue amid COVID-19 ridership decline (Tribune) Garfield Green plan aims to spur growth, maintain affordability on W. Side (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male pedestrian in the 4400 block of West Lake (WGN) Officers: Person stole squad car, crashed into parked vehicle in South Shore (ABC) Historic Long Grove […]

Bird, Lime, and Spin — but not Lyft — are this year’s e-scooter concessionaires (City of Chicago) Findings from ATA’s COVID mobility listening tour on the Southwest Side CPS parents question safety of students taking CTA if schools reopen this fall (Sun-Times) Police: Man, 28, walking in the street on 1400 block of W. Roosevelt […]

Police took 76 bikes from Columbus protesters Friday, owners want them back (Block Club) Details on Red Line work in Uptown and Edgewater, “a massive disruption” (Block Club) 2 people on Divvy bikes were injured in River North drive-by shooting Saturday night (CBS) Metra selects engineering, design firms for 75th Street Corridor projects (Progressive Railroading) […]