Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about On The Route Bicycles

The CTA warns of massive, across-the-board cuts if feds don’t come through with funding (CBS) CTA awaiting federal approval for next phase of Red Line extension (WTTW) Officials: Man wounded in shootout with police near Rogers Park Metra stop (Block Club) Englewood shop that helps entrepreneurs needs support after driver crashes into building (Block Club) […]

City dismissed red-light camera tickets against Mayor Lightfoot’s security detail (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed Eliseo Mendoza, 86, in Little Village (ABC) Driver struck another motorist, then killed man on sidewalk in Burnside (CBS) Man who died after police found him fallen from bike in Humboldt was stabbed to death (ABC) Driver critically injured boy on […]

Lightfoot offers details on proposed $3.7 billion capital projects spending plan (Tribune) Driver who failed to yield injured pedestrian on Golf Road near Niles (Tribune) Police blame distracted driving for Franklin Park pedestrian crash, Tribune blames “dark clothing” Boy, 17, on bike grazed by bullet after being caught in crossfire in Bronzeville (Sun-Times) Pritzker’s office […]

Election celebration temporarily disrupted service at Belmont, Addison Red stops (Block Club) Pro-sustainable transportation alderman Matt Martin named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 Officer blocking traffic for one Mount Prospect crash is injured in another (CBS) Driver crashes into Skokie home, no injuries (CBS) Teens attacked after chalking ‘Biden 2020’ in South Loop Park, […]

Indoor dining and drinking ban kicks in today, service curfew pushed back to 11 PM (ABC) Sposato calls people who protested Columbus due to treatment of indigenous people “savages” (Block Club) Family mourns Joel Jenkins, 26, shot to death a Morse Red Line station (Tribune) Daily Northwestern looks at the new electric Divvy bikes Suburban […]

Several UP-NW station houses reopened after being closed since early in pandemic (J & T) Flooding slows morning commute in Chicago, flood advisory issued for much of area (Tribune) Police: 2 CPD members hurt after driver veers into squad car in I-290 hit-and-run (Sun-Times) Police officer injured after driver allegedly runs red in Little Village […]

Advocates call for keeping transit running during any post-election protests (ATA) CTA rolls out a program to help businesses cope with RPM construction disruptions (Block Club) Trucker fatally struck Jo’Ovyonne Kortize Du’shon Williams, 16, on bike in Joliet (Patch) Robbie Klapp, 51, fatally struck by two drivers in Joliet (Patch) Driver ran light before crash […]

Lake St. CTA bridge, Blue Line subway upgrades stalled amidst calls for more DBE participation (Sun-Times) Bail denied to S. Shore man accused of 2 shootings, including one on 63rd Red Line platform (Tribune) Cook County’s grant program to provide funds for bike path extensions, street repairs (Tribune) Huntley may get a Metra stop, rather […]

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; […]