Man, 59, fatally struck by driver at 89th/Cottage is third Chatham ped fatality this year
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The man was the 13th person walking to be struck and killed on Chicago streets this year.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Promoted
Commuters Take Action uses the CTA’s Blue Line livestream to protest spotty service
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Unfortunately, the CTA won't be able to run significantly more trains systemwide until staffing is closer to full strength again, and that means improving conditions for workers.
CTA leaders approve Western Brown rehab, RPM art contracts, complain system gets a bum rap
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Of course the most effective way for the CTA to change public perceptions that the system is unreliable, unsafe, and unsanitary is to significantly improve reliability, safety, and sanitation.
Chicago Loop Alliance report shows rising pedestrian activity downtown, and more driving
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It's critical that public transportation, alongside business, culture, and tourism, makes a full comeback. Rising emissions, increasing traffic violence and car-choked streets are not recovery.
CDOT quietly relocated 16 ineffective speed cameras. What impact will that have on safety?
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The Chicago Department of Transportation, which oversees the program, said this was done in response to last year's UIC study of our city's speed cameras.
Federal judge ruled that Chicago’s failure to install APS is discrimination against the blind
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It's been a long and bumpy road, but it looks like Chicago is finally on its way to becoming an easier city for visually-impaired residents to navigate.
CTA boasts of better reliability, offers new deets on hiring, CTA Action says more is needed
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While the CTA continues to make increment progress in reliability and staffing, Commuters Take Action says it's not nearly enough to get the system where it needs to go.
Chicago Cycling Strategy lays out a vision for a connected, protected bikeway network
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CDOT recently released a document entitled Chicago Cycling Strategy, outlining a long-term strategy to improve cycling safety in the city and build the best bike network in the country.
What are agencies doing to ease Kennedy lane closure pain, and what should they do?
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IDOT and other local transportation agencies are taking steps to address the challenges this project may pose for people commuting by both cars and more sustainable modes.
Tracy Burton, 55, was third Chicagoan fatally struck by turning driver in 3 months
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On Saturday night, for the third time in three months in Chicago, a turning driving failed to yield to a person walking, fatally striking them.
The Metra-Union Pacific cold war is over. What does that mean for commuters?
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Following Union Pacific Railroad's long, bitter stalemate with the Metra commuter rail system a peace treaty has been reached.