Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about On The Route Bicycles

Schmich and Kamin applaud the closure of the lakefront, riverwalk, and 606 (Tribune) Former Anti-bike columnist Mark Konkol blames “Lakefront Liberals” for closure (Patch) SBC’s Courtney Cobbs discusses the need to open up streets for socially-distanced recreation (WTTW) The North Branch Trail is still open (for the moment) (The Chainlink) Transit union says social distancing […]

Chicago leaders ask for moratorium on evictions, utility shut-offs, and housing court (Curbed) Kamin: During the pandemic, unlike at other times, the density of cities is a disadvantage (Tribune) Medical experts confirm that you should avoid riding transit during the pandemic, offer tips (Tribune) Active Trans: Reform, don’t ban, red light camera programs Driver overturns […]

How a woman who rode Amtrak from Chicago to St. Louis triggered coronavirus concerns (Tribune) Editorial: What’s the best Obama center outcome? S. Side revival without displacement (Tribune) 54-unit TOD is being built as-of-right on parking lot behind Uptown Theater (Block Club) Police: 5 injured after BMW driver runs light in Chatham (Fox) Study: Fatal […]

Prosecutors drop charges against CTA police shooting victim, who has regained consciousness (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed man on bike, 61, on Lake Street, a mile from where cyclist was killed last year (Sun-Times) Man, 41, fatally dragged by Red Line train after getting foot caught in closing doors at Roosevelt (Sun-Times) CPD chase ends with […]

Driver fatally struck Lyndsey Lagestee Friday in Mount Greenwood (Sun-Times) Safety changes were planned for 87th/Pulaski Metra crossing before last week’s death (Tribune) 3 seriously injured after police chase ends in crash in Aurora (NBC) CTA bus driver crashes into fence, 5 parked CPD cars in North Lawndale (NBC) 3 pickpocketing incidents reported near 79th […]

New Active Trans report: Chicago is falling behind peer cities on sustainable mode share Man found dead on Blue Line is the third such case in less than 2 months (NBC) Christopher Davis, 19, critically injured after being struck by driver, pinned under Metra train (NBC) Boy, 16, shot in the leg while riding bike […]

Meet West Siders who fought for the Ogden bus extension (Block Club) Suspect charged in yesterday’s shooting on Blue Line near UIC Halsted (Block Club) CBS: “Crime worries mount on CTA following Blue Line shooting” Bus brawls on the rise in Chicago: How the CTA is responding? (WGN) In the wake of Arroyo’s guilty plea, IL […]

SUV driver fatally struck woman, 58, crossing 6-lane Manheim Rd. near O’Hare (Sun-Times) Driver veered onto sidewalk in Gold Coast, seriously injuring pedestrian (Sun-Times) SUV driver accused of running stop sign in Cragin while intoxicated, injuring 2 officers (Sun-Times) CPD: Driver arrested after failing to yield to squad car, injuring 2 officers; DUI suspected (Sun-Times) […]

Pritzker signs law ending suspension of driver’s licenses for non-moving violations (Block Club) Berwyn officer killed in crash, driver of vehicle he was riding in charged with DUI (CBS) Photo released of car whose driver doored cyclist, 56, in Gage Park and fled (Sun-Times) Metra puts leaflets on trains warning of a crackdown on fare […]

Aldermen: Freeze on development near 606 set for vote next week despite Lightfoot ‘Concerns’ (Block Club) Why transportation advocates should get involved with the input process for megadevelopments (Active Trans) Weeks after man found dead on CTA bus downtown, male found dead on ‘L’ train at O’Hare (Sun-Times) Driver who killed Beth Dunlap, 17, in […]

3 women killed, 4 injured after driver runs red in Morgan Park on NYE (ABC) Tow truck driver Andrew R. Dove-Ferdere, 23, killed on I-290 after responding to earlier crash (Tribune) Police release image of SUV from hit-and-run that critically injured woman, 65, at 79th/Cottage (WGN) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male cyclist, 61, in West […]