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Mutual aid doc features biking and burrito distribution partnership
Film highlights how Cycling x Solidarity and Burrito Brigade fight hunger and build community.
June 25, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 25
•Maria Tampico, busker at CTA Blue Line Washington station, has died at 76 (Sun-Times)
June 25, 2025
CTA seeks feedback, activists urge action at pop-ups
Riders share feedback with CTA at a series of pop-up "chats." But what improvements can be made until the $770M fiscal cliff is diverted?
June 24, 2025
Some like it hot: Chicago heat wave biking tips revisited
One thing that's changed during the past seven years is how widespread electric personal mobility devices are in Chicago.
June 24, 2025
High Speed Rail Alliance: Illinois transit overhaul could be a game-changer
A major development in Illinois could ripple far beyond the Midwest – reshaping how America thinks about high-speed and intercity rail.
June 23, 2025
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus member Brendan Siddall, 26, near Waveland/DLSD in Lakeview
Tragically, a hit-and-run car driver struck and killed social service worker, musician, and actor Brendan Siddall, 26, early Saturday morning on North DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Waveland Avenue in Lakeview. Siddell was a member of the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.
June 23, 2025
Thoughts on the proposed $1.50 fee for deliveries by drivers to fund transit and fight climate change: Don’t fear the “Burrito Taxi Tax”
On May 31 as the spring Illinois legislative session was wrapping up, the Senate passed the transit funding and reform bill HB3438. It included the last-minute addition of a "climate impact fee of $1.50 [for] each retail delivery that meets specified conditions."
June 21, 2025
Good news for the disability community: A court order requires Chicago to install thousands of accessible pedestrian signals
Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that the City of Chicago must install about 2,000 accessible pedestrian signals over the next ten years.
June 19, 2025
Key players in the fiscal cliff drama discuss “How Do We Get There? The Future of Illinois Transit” at City Club of Chicago panel
Streetsblog Chicago readers know all too well by now that our region's public transportation system, and therefore the fortunes of the entire state of Illinois, are at a crossroads right now. That's a result of what happened last May 31 in the state capitol, a day that will live in infamy as "The Night Transit Funding Didn't Go Down In Springfield."
June 17, 2025
The Chicagoland sustainable transportation scene in nutshell: My presentation to University of Michigan students
Watch a video of the speech here.
June 15, 2025
