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NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.

Shared Mobility Action Agenda aims to make non-private-car modes handy for all by 2030

By John Greenfield | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

There are many ways to screw up shared mobility. So hopefully the action agenda will focus on shared modes that actually decrease emissions, rather than exacerbate climate change.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 17

By John Greenfield | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Controversial new ward map approved with 16 Black, 14 Latino, 1 Asian ward, plus wild gerrymandering (Block Club) More than 1,000 people filled the streets for Chicago abortion rights rally last weekend (Block Club) School bus driver fatally strikes 3-year-old boy in northwest-suburban Cary (ABC) Motorcyclist dies after collision with ambulance in Waukegan (NBC) Police: […]

A Pace bus approaches the Harvey Transportation Center, as seen from the Harvey Metra Electric station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Report: Fair Transit South Cook pilot helped ridership recover from pandemic lows

By Igor Studenkov | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Cook County’s review of the first full year of the Fair Transit South Cook confirmed some of what Streetsblog Chicago’s earlier dive into Metra ridership numbers suggested.

Lightfoot banning teens from Millennium Park is the wrong public safety approach

By Courtney Cobbs | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

Instead of shutting youth out of public spaces, we need to be designing more public spaces around them, and investing in resources that will help them thrive.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 16

By John Greenfield | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

Boy, 16, killed at The Bean during meetup; Lightfoot bans unaccompanied teens from park after 6 PM Thu-Sun (ABC) 2 killed in rollover accident on Eisenhower Expressway near Illinois Medical District (ABC) 1 dead after truck driver falls off Chinatown feeder ramp to Dan Ryan Expressway (ABC) Police: 2 hospitalized after school bus driver has […]

The Des Plaines Metra Station and Pace bus terminal. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Pace field-tests leased e-bus, will probably cancel redundant Pace/Metra PlusBus Pass

By Igor Studenkov | May 15, 2022 | No Comments

The suburban bus system is already using a leased electric bus to do some field-testing. It also plans to eliminate the now-superfluous PlusBus Pass, which allows Metra monthly pass holders to ride Pace buses for an extra $30 a month.

Paulina Street, looking south at Chicago Avenue. Arroyo Salgado was struck in the east crosswalk, at the left side of this image. Image: Google Maps

Left-turning van driver who failed to yield killed Berta Arroyo Salgado, 73, in West Town

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2022 | No Comments

Typically in such cases, if the driver stays at the scene and is sober, they merely receive minor traffic citations, even if they've taken a life.

Clockwise from upper-left: Helmut Jahn, Adé Hogue, Paresh Chhtrala, Gerardo Marciales

Seven advocacy groups discuss why this Wednesday’s Chicago Ride of Silence is important

By John Greenfield | May 13, 2022 | No Comments

The 20th annual Chicago Ride of Silence is an opportunity to mourn and reflect on lost lives, part of a global movement to honor people killed and injured on bicycles, and demand changes to keep bike riders safe

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 13

By John Greenfield | May 13, 2022 | No Comments

Chicagoans weigh in on the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of the city’s bike network in a WBEZ survey Responses from WBEZ’s bike questions from CDOT bike and ped program manager David Smith Police: Alcohol was likely a factor in head-on crash in Waukegan that killed 1, injured 3 (ABC) Man, 66, on […]