Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

CTA has faced ridership, reliability and safety issues, Pace is set to cut 69 routes suspended due to COVID-19 (WBEZ) Mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green unveils his plan for the CTA (Crain’s) After police tried to pull over driver at Madison/Homan, chase ended with crash that killed 1, injured 2 (WGN) CPD: Police answering shots fired […]

WBEZ: The CTA is on a campaign to win back riders. Who’s listening? Driver killed 15-month-old boy on Pulaski in Albany Park and fled, 2nd hit-and-run on Pulaski in the area this week (Block Club) Former ISU administrator Adam Peck died 4 days after being struck by an e-bike rider in campus plaza (KTRE) Peck’s […]

Letter: Urban environmentalists calls for redesigning Chicago streets to be less car-centric and improve safety (Sun-Times) Block Club looks at last Thursday’s Chicago, Bike Grid Now Jamapalooza event for World Car Free Day Driver charged in Evanston hit-and-run that seriously injured man, 18 (Evanston Roundtable) Bike rider is in good condition after being shot in […]

$15M settlement for family of Guadalupe Francisco-Martinez, 37, killed by police pursuing another driver in 2020 (Sun-Times) Teen ran red at 51st/State in Fuller Park and struck another, killing woman, 46, and critically injuring woman, 45 (ABC) 3 injured, including 2 officers, after police collide with other vehicles, hit light pole in grand crossing (ABC)

ATA testifies at CMAP hearing that the agency’s support for road widening contradicts its own policies 2 men killed in wrong-way crash on 2000 block on N. DLSD early Sunday morning (ABC) Motorcyclist killed in crash with other vehicle on Dan Ryan near 39th Street (ABC) 4 pedestrians critically injured by SUV driver after argument […]

After racing driver killed Shawman Meireis, 40, in Clearing, racers nearly struck other cars in Grant Park (CBS) 7-car pileup on Eisenhower expressway slows down traffic (but not Blue Line service in the median) (FOX) Police data shows CTA crime is up 40% from this time last year (Sun-Times) Man charged with murder for a fatal […]

Metra board approves plan to convert up to 6 of the oldest diesel locomotives to battery power Union Station will get $3M in federal funding for design process for renovations concourse level (Durbin) Block Club talks with planners and South Siders about the Red Line Extension Memorial held for Angela Short, 14, killed by allegedly […]

Driver charged with hit-and-run killing of pedestrian Iecsha Bradshaw, 39, in Merrillville, IN (Tribune) Man, 37, recovering at hospital after woman stabbed him in neck during argument on Fullerton platform (ABC) Invest in Cook funds awarded for rehab of Rogers Park Metra station and Lynwood planning project (Mass Transit) Six Corners People Spot on-street seating […]

ATA has a letter you can send to CMAP asking them not to recommend funding road expansions CBS: CTA violent crime is at a 7-year high so far in 2022. CTA prez on WTTW: “Crime on CTA is relatively low.” U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski, who represented South Bend, killed in Indiana car crash (ABC) Police […]

Concrete-protected bike lanes delayed, but still happening, but advocates ask: Is it enough? (Block Club) Driver fatally struck Zaineddin “Zain” Jaber, 14, on bike at intersection of two 5-lane streets in Tinley Park (Tribune) SUV driver crashes into Crystal Lake home, seriously injuring resident, self (NBC) 2 children among 3 injured when driver of stolen […]