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Tribune takes a deep-dive into how COVID has affected Chicago travel patterns Agencies: Overnight ‘L’ trains, weekend Metra service in danger if federal aid isn’t provided (Crain’s) Police: Women, 83 killed in Chatham after accidentally hitting gas instead of brakes (Sun-Times) Man, 25, seriously injured in shooting on CTA Red Line platform in Englewood (NBC) […]

Some aldermen say little has changed since Lightfoot sought to end aldermanic prerogative (Block Club) Illinois doctors rank masked transit commuting as a medium-risk activity during COVID (Block Club) Motorcycle injury crash shuts down all outbound Kennedy lanes at Addison (ABC) Crash blocks all northbound lanes of Interstate 55 near Joliet (NBC) NWU implements University-issued […]

More affordable housing could come to S., W. Sides with new $330M loan program (Block Club) Sun-Times: By not collecting tickets, Union Pacific hurts everybody who rides Metra Director of People for Community Recovery argues the S. Red Line extension is needed (Defender) Da’Karia Spicer, 10, killed and brother, 5, critically injured in car crash; […]

City issues RFPs for pedestrian-oriented projects in low-income communities (Architect’s Newspaper) Is a mass exodus from downtown in the wake of looting a realistic scenario? (Chicago Mag) Driver critically injured male cyclist, 33, on the 7800 block of South Vincennes (Sun-Times) Andersonville street mural honors Black transgender people lost to violence (Block Club) Metra: Union Pacific’s […]

ATA: Shutting down transit, which hurts vulnerable people, is the wrong response to civil unrest City is limiting nighttime Loop transportation access until next week (Sun-Times) CTA board president Terry Peterson stepping down after 11 years (Defender) 5 injured after motorcyclist, driver towing trailer crash on Edens Expressway (ABC) $2M bond for driver accused of […]

RTA encouraged by uptick in ridership on CTA, Metra, And Pace (WBBM) Cook County commissioners celebrate appointment of 2 Black women to RTA board (Crusader) Man’s arm struck by Red train while he reached for a bag at Garfield stop (Fox) Proposed Bridgeport logistics facility angers residents worried about traffic, pollution, safety (Block Club) Sugar […]

Lime: Rides starting on S. and W. sides would be 50% off if we’re included in scooter pilot (Block Club) More discussion of how the transit shutdown during protests impacted Chicagoans (ATA) 3 young women shot in drive-by near 79th Street Red Line station (CBS) 3 in custody, suspected of causing crash on LSD to […]

Newly released video shows fired CPD chief Eddie Johnson sleeping in his car (Block Club) Active Trans: During Chicago Bike Week, let’s recommit ourselves to safer streets A mobility justice reading list, including articles by SBC’s Courtney Cobbs (Active Trans) Pedestrian Carlos Suncin fatally struck in south-suburban Calumet City (Tribune) Suspension recommended for CPD sergeant […]

The 606 is reopening Monday 6 AM to 7 PM; Ken Griffin is donating $5M to fix LFT (Tribune) CDOT: Last week traffic was back to 77% of volume recorded last year (Tribune) Metra: COVID will cost us $605 million in lost revenues through 2021 (Tribune) Glendale Heights driver charged with 5th DUI after Batavia […]

Pritzker, Preckwinkle, Foxx join BLM march on Matteson’s bike/ped-friendly Unity Bridge (Tribune) Vasquez considers pedestrianizing parts of Balmoral, Catalpa, and Berwyn (Block Club) Lakeview leaders propose turning side streets into cafe zones (Block Club) 2 people killed after falling onto Red, Green tracks, Police chase disrupts Blue service (Tribune) One-year-old Lazel Bond died in crash […]

This morning CTA and Pace resumed partial service, Metra and Divvy were still closed Active Trans statement outlines mobility justice position, condemns protest transit closures The abrupt transit closure left people stranded around the city (Block Club) After reportedly losing 100 cars to vandalism, police commandeer a CTA bus to get around (Block Club) Man […]