Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about On The Route Bicycles

CTA, Metra Trains Were Packed as Van Dyke Verdict Emptied Loop (Tribune) Pedestrian Fatally Struck on the Bishop Ford Expressway (Tribune) Wrong-Way Driver Pushes CTA Bus Into Sears Tower, Injuring 5 (Patch) As in Chicago, African American Cyclists in NOLA Are Disproportionately Ticketed (NOLA.com) Navy Pier Flyover Could Be Partially Done by End of 2018 […]

Quigley: Improving Local Transportation Infrastructure Is One of My Top Priorities (Sun-Times) Woman Killed, 2 Injured in Bridgeport Crash (Sun-Times) Driver Charged With Leaving Scene of Crash That Killed Brett Beckett, 52, Near Antioch (Tribune) GoFundMe Launched for Family of Al Bocanegra, Killed After Confronting Hit-and-Run Driver Test Crash Shows What Happens When a Metra […]

More Coverage of Reilly’s Proposal to Ban Biking on a Bikeway (Tribune, Sun-Times, ATA) Driver Who Crashed Into Skokie Building Dies; Police Say Speed and Alcohol a Factor (Tribune) CPD Releases Images of Vehicle From Pedestrian Crash Near Irving Blue Line Stop (Sun-Times) Union Pacific Changes Will Cut Freight Delays for Metra Commuters, UP CEO […]

New Proposal for Union Station Replaces Apartments With a 1.5-Acre Park (Crain’s) BMO Harris Is in Talks to Anchor New Union Station Office Tower (Tribune) Man Sexually Assaulted Woman on Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line (CBS) Photos Released of Car in S. Chicago Hit-and-Run That Killed Robert Davis, 50 (Sun-Times) Naperville Businessman Accused […]

Activists Plan to Shut Down the Kennedy on Monday With Anti-Violence March (Tribune) Why Almost a Third of All High-Speed Tickets Are Written on 3900 Block of S. LSD (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injured Person, 60, Riding Lawnmower in Crosswalk (Sun-Times) Tinley Park Will Pay $400K Penalty for Race-Based Opposition to Affordable Housing (Housing Wire) […]

Vallas: City Should Have Used Ride-Share Settlement to Reopen Mental Health Clinics (Tribune) Sterling Bay Buys Old Wheat Mill in Fulton Market, Hopes to Open a Metra Stop There (Tribune) CPD Officer in Unmarked Car Critically Injured in Crash at 103rd and Stony Island (WGN) Reported Case of CTA Bus Driver Seriously Injuring Pedestrian Near […]

Reverend Who Closed LSD Plans Labor Day Anti-Violence March to Block O’Hare Traffic (Tribune) Rauner Signs Dutch Reach Safety Bill Into Law (Active Trans) Tribune Coverage of South Siders’ Plea to Save the 31st Street Bus Metra BNSF Line Exec Promises to Fix Crowding, Air conditioning Problems (Tribune, CTJ) No Citations for Minivan Driver Who Fatally […]

Tribune: A Gas Tax Hike Is Needed to Help Combat Climate Change Driver Injures Cyclist in Old Town, Flees, Injures 5 Police Officers (ABC) Video: Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injured Cyclist in June on 1200 Block of W. Cortland (NBC) Photo Released of Car From February Hit-and-Run That Injured Pedestrian in Bowmanville (Patch) Suspects Armed With […]

Tribune: Plan for 4/2 Anti-Violence March on North LSD Has Gotten People’s Attention DuPage County Is Pushing for a Western O’Hare Airport Terminal (Crain’s) MSRHA’s Fast Track Initiative Is a Realistic Alternative to the Hyperloop Fantasy (Chicago) Downstate Candidate Makes Racist Joke About Assault of Latino Girl on Bike (BND) Natalie Moore Questions Name of […]

Alderman Rename Congress for Ida B. Wells After Caving on Balbo Issue (Sun-Times) Hopkins Will Spend $15K to Close Chicago Ave. LFT Underpass at Night (Sun-Times) How Ald. Ramirez-Rosa Is Working to Demystify Redevelopment (Chicago Mag) Oswego Keeps up Push for Metra Service to Kendall County (Tribune) Possible $3M Settlement for Families of 2 People […]

Emanuel Claims China Trip Has Salvaged Train Deal Despite Trump Tariffs (Sun-Times) Study: Chicago Is Segregated Because Aldermen Have Can Block Affordable Housing (Block Club) 13 Injured After Transit Van Driver Rear-Ends CTA Bus in South Shore (WGN) Driver Who Ran Red, Killing Skylar Dixon, 2, Charged With Reckless Homicide (Sun-Times) Grant Sought to Build […]