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Hit-and-run Jeep driver fatally struck man, 64, riding bike in Pilsen, 3rd Chicago bike death this year

Meanwhile, discussion of the neighborhood's El Paseo rails-to-trails proposal, shelved in 2022 by concerns it might speed up housing displacement, is starting again with a meeting this Wednesday.

November 12, 2024

What walk/bike/transit upgrades would make Pilsen’s 18th Street an even “cooler” corridor?

After Time Out magazine highlighted the roadway's cachet, CTA and the local alder discuss new Pink Line station art and an upcoming nearby Neighborhood Greenway.

March 21, 2024

5 weeks after reckless driver killed woman in front of Ald. Sigcho-Lopez’s office, hit-and-run killing committed one block away

Hopefully this second death will make it even more obvious to city and state officials that Cermak needs to made safer, and they will take action.

October 11, 2023

Turning SUV driver failed to yield to woman, 48, in Pilsen crosswalk, killing her in front of 25th Ward office

"[This is] even more reason for the alderman to step up and do something about traffic safety in this city," said a Streetsblog reader.

August 25, 2023