Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Promoted

Will these City Council seats be filled with alders who support sustainable transportation? Photo: Daniel X. O'Neil via Wikimedia Commons

SBC wants to get your local alder candidates on the record about livable streets issues

By Richard Day | Jan 17, 2023 | No Comments

There are 210 candidates for alder. While these races get less publicity than the mayoral race, they still matter a lot – and Streetsblog is working to get every candidate on the record.

An Equiticity-led bike ride. Photo: Equiticity

Equiticity Mobility Opportunities Fund will help North Lawndale residents buy green vehicles

By Cameron Bolton | Jan 13, 2023 | No Comments

The program will also train stipend recipients on how to safety use their new vehicles, provide low-cost or free maintenance; and hold events to promote the advantages of low-emissions transportation.

Train positions on several Metra lines as of early Friday afternoon.

Non-mystery trains? Metra promises more accurate arrival data on its new tracker

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2023 | No Comments

Much has been said recently about the CTA’s COVID 19-era reliability problems. There’s been less discussion of Metra’s challenges with restoring service as society slowly recovers from the pandemic, but it’s an equally vexing issue. Since the hub-and-spokes commuter railroad’s focus is on transporting suburbanites to and from downtown jobs, its ridership has been particularly […]

The ghost bike memorial to Gerardo Marciales, before it was destroyed. Photo: John Greenfield

A reckless driver killed Divvy rider Gerardo Marciales. Another one destroyed his ghost bike.

By John Greenfield | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments

Less than a year after his death, another reckless motorist on the drive crashed into the light pole Marciales' ghost bike memorial was chained to, demolishing the shrine.

The 2500 block of West Lake Street, looking west. Image: Google Maps

Anthony Harvey, 33, killed by hit-and-run driver in East Garfield is 4th pedestrian fatality of 2023

By John Greenfield | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments

Tragically, less than two weeks into the new year, drivers have already struck and killed four people on foot in Chicago.

A mix of non-electric Divvy bikes and e-cycles. Photo: John Greenfield

Good news! CDOT and Lyft indicate non-electric Divvies won’t be phased out

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments

It looks like in the future Divvy users won't have to worry about having the no more blue bikes blues.

Catching a #9 bus at 95th Street in Brainerd. Photo: John Greenfield

CTA publishes more realistic bus schedules, advocates say agency should focus on hiring

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments

Transit advocates responded to the announcement of the adjustment of the schedules of 52 bus lines by noting that the agency needs to keep its eyes on the prize of a full-strength workforce.

Rebecca Resman speaks at the Safe Streets for All rally last June, in repsonse to the traffic violence deaths of Rafi Cardenas and Lily Shambrook. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Safe Streets for All coalition pushes for “transit that works,” hopes to influence elections

By Sharon Hoyer | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments

In response to last summer's traffic violence epidemic, advocates formed the Safe Streets for All Coalition, amplifying the call for improved safety, transportation equity, affordable housing, and climate action.

A wheelchair user at Roosevelt Station, which has elevators. Photo: mkc609

Mayoral hopefuls call for accessible stations, municipal sidewalk plowing during disability issues forum

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments

Seven out of the nine declared Chicago mayoral candidates shared their plans for making the city more accessible to people with disabilities at the January 7 forum hosted by Access Living, a disability rights group.

The 87th Street Red Line station, looking south from the highway median. Image: Google Maps

Jaime Cuadra, 47, is 2nd person killed this month at a deadly Dan Ryan / Red Line intersection

By John Greenfield | Jan 9, 2023 | No Comments

A "road diet" is badly needed here, and everywhere else where where overly-large streets contribute to pedestrian fatalities, especially in front of transit stations.

Rendering of the reopened Racine station. Image: Go Green on Racine

It’s getting real: Feds award $2M for feasibility study on reopening Racine Green stop

By Cameron Bolton | Jan 9, 2023 | No Comments

Thanks to the efforts of Englewood community advocates and local officials, the CTA is set to receive a $2 million federal grant to conduct a feasibility study on reopening the shuttered Racine Green Line station.

Load more stories