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GPTC Route R1 and other buses wait at the Adam Benjamin Metro Center, the main GPTC transfer hub that doubles as the downtown Gary South Shore Line station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Gary, Indiana considers a switch to all-electric buses

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

GPTC bought four electric buses that are expected to be delivered by late spring/early summer. They will primarily be used on the Broadway, one of Gary’s main commercial thoroughfares.

Angel Thomas with two of her children at her daughter's thirteenth birthday party a year ago. Photo: Theresa Dorsey

Hit-and-run driver killed Angel Thomas, 37, as she got in her car in W. Garfield Park

By John Greenfield | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

Dorsey was the first reported person fatally struck on Chicago streets this year.

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 18

By John Greenfield | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

New bill would allow municipalities to impose a gas tax in Illinois (WREX) Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Angel Thomas, 37, as she got into car in in West Garfield (ABC) Motorist struck and killed. Derrick E. Smith Jr., 21, on Rte. 53 in Joliet (Patch) 40th Ward residents elect projects including a ped island and […]

Carlos, a Cicero resident who relies on the CTA. Photo: Ruth Rosas

Southwest Siders: Pandemic-related CTA delays are making our commutes harder

By Ruth Rosas | Jan 17, 2022 | No Comments

The attrition at the transit agency reflects the larger trend of U.S. workers growing tired of being undervalued and having insufficient workplace safety.

Carlos, un residente de Cicero que depende de la CTA. Foto: Ruth Rosas

Los retrasos de la CTA están haciendo los viajes al trabajo más difícil

By Ruth Rosas | Jan 17, 2022 | No Comments

La atrición en la agencia de tránsito refleja la tendencia creciente que los trabajadores en EE. UU. están cansados de ser devaluados y de no tener seguridad suficiente en el trabajo.

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 17

By John Greenfield | Jan 17, 2022 | No Comments

Activists protested upcoming release of killer cop Van Dyke, calling for citywide CTA shutdown (Tribune) Instead of getting fired, official in botched Little Village implosion gets written reprimand (Block Club) Police: Driver blew a red light in Waukegan, causing 4-car crash that killed another motorist (NBC) 19-year-old woman injured in shooting, crash near Joliet mall […]

Socially-distanced outdoor dining on on a block of Fulton Market that has been pedestrianized during the pandemic. Photo: John Greenfield

Fulton and Randolph are now rezoned as people-friendly Pedestrian Streets

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 16, 2022 | No Comments

Two additional Chicago roadways were designated as P-Streets last week when the City Council approved rezoning of parts of Fulton and Randolph street in the West Loop.

A red light camera in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood and a paint-and-post sidewalk extension in the Austin community. Photos: Jeff Zoline, CDOT

How should we respond to the UIC and ProPublica reports on Chicago traffic cameras?

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.

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That Viral Dodge Ad Isn’t the First Time Automakers Compared Drivers to ‘Predators’

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

A new viral Dodge ad has some street safety advocates outraged at the notoriously aggressive carmaker.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 14

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

How new laws, advocacy and charity helped strengthen support for cycling in 2021 (Daily Herald) Man critically injured in shooting, 3-year-old girl grazed in Chatham shooting that resulted in car crash (ABC) 2 hospitalized after Metra trains struck person at Millennium, car in Morgan Park Thursday night (Tribune) CPD: 3 injured, including 2 officers, after […]