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How the Polar Vortex Spotlighted Weaknesses in Regional Transit (Tribune) Sale of Land Approved at West End of 606 for 100% Affordable Development (Block Club) Man in Critical Condition After Being Shot While Biking in Austin (Sun-Times) Driver Who Killed Amira Nairat, 15, Was Arrested and Released Hours Before Crash (NBC) Metra’s Winnetka Station to […]

South Shore and MED Still Down, Most Other Metra Lines Delayed (Tribune) ChiGov.com Looks at the Lincoln Yards Traffic Study Active Trans: Lincoln Yards Lacks Vision for Biking, Walking & Transit Police Search for Driver of Black SUV Wanted in Hit-and-Run (Sun-Times) Youth Call for Speeding up Diversey Bus, Ald. Villegas Says He’s on It […]

Dorothy Brown, Who Proposed a New Bike Tax, Is off the Mayoral Ballot (Tribune) Preckwinkle Vows to Revamp Overly Punitive Ticketing Policy Targeting Minorities (Sun-Times) Moore: To Address Segregation Chicago Should Look to Other Cities’ Best Practices (WBEZ) Driver Fatally Struck Chamber Orchestra Founder Robert Boarde Green, 82, in Chatham (Tribune) CTA Driver Injured Jumping […]

Government Shutdown Is Affecting Airports, Slowing CTA Project Funding (Tribune) CTA Bus and Train Operators Tell All (Chicago Magazine) Lyft Will Show CTA and Metra Schedules in Its App (Tribune) Semi Bursts Into Flames After Driver Strikes Empty Bus on I-294 (Tribune) Man Rescued Before Metra Train Strikes Car in Lombard (Sun-Times) Another Teen Charged […]

Legislation Would Let Pritzker Replace Illinois Tollway Board (Tribune) Aldermen Expected to Reject 20K-Person Soccer Stadium Due to Traffic Concerns (Tribune) Mendoza Floats “Lakefront Tax” on Higher-Priced Homes (Crain’s) Witness: Driver Intentionally Struck and Killed Carlos Posados, 22, in West Chatham (ABC) Man Gets 3 Years in Prison for Punching a Metra Conductor (Sun-Times) Police […]

Active Trans’ Top Transportation News Stories of 2018 (Here’s John’s Take) Kamin: The Lincoln Yards Plan Calls for Too Much Density & Would Make Traffic Worse (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Michael Potwora, 72, in Niles (Sun-Times) 10 Injured in Multi-Car Crash in Brighton Park (ABC) CPD Credits Arrest of Robbery Suspect to Strategy of […]

Chicago Contingent Impressed by Musk’s Bumpy 12′ Wide, 1.14-Mile Tunnel (Sun-Times) Portion of Navy Pier Flyover Opened to the Public (NBC) Park District Announced Completion of Lakefront Trail Separation Work (Curbed) Elgin Woman Killed, 2 Others Injured in 3-Car Crash (Tribune) Man Who Fled Police Charged With Murder in Park Manor Crash That Killed 2 […]

Ordinance Introduced to Expand TOD Zones to 8 Bus Corridors (Curbed) Pritzker Campaign Responds to SBC Article About His Infrastructure Committee (Capitol Fax) Hermosa, Logan Community Leaders Launch Plan to Fight Displacement (Block Club) Cop Whose Chase Ended in Death of Driver May Get $140K in Worker’s Comp (Tribune) Mayoral Candidates Discuss Struggles That Have […]

City Nears Takeover of Rail Line to Create New Transit Route by Lincoln Yards (Tribune) Pilsen, Little Village Affordability Plan Moves Forward in City Council (Tribune) Kenneth Baetzel, 69, Killed in Bedford Park Crash (Sun-Times) Driver Pleads Guilty to St. Charles Township Crash That Killed Passenger (Sun-Times) Man, 27, Shot in the Jackson Transfer Tunnel […]

Kling: Car Makers Shift Focus to “Mobility,” but Results May Not Be Benign (Sun-Times) Bill Daley Says Chicago Should Consider a Commuter Tax for Suburbanites (Tribune) Ex-Forest Preserve Worker Accused of DUI in Deadly Crash has been jailed (Tribune) Man Who Fell Onto Tracks While Walking Bike on Platform Is Suing CTA (Sun-Times) Commuters: Using […]

Manager of Kozy’s South Loop Location Discusses the Mercy Hospital Shooting (Al Jezeera) Pickup Truck Driver Struck and Killed Charlotte Butsch, 74, at 74th and Cicero (Sun-Times) Motorist Fatally Struck Woman Crossing Rte. 45 in Lindenhurst (Tribune) Speeding Driver Crashed Into 2 Buildings Near State/Superior Early Saturday (ABC) Motorist Who Crashed Into Arlington Heights Police Station […]