Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

Chicagoans will take to the streets tonight to protest police killing of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron (Block Club) Man 31, fatally shot while riding bike in South Shote by person in car (Sun-Times) Puerto Rican Park Ridge family says off-duty cop falsely accused son of bike theft, pinned him to sidewalk (NBC) Ald. James […]

Block Club talks to CTA union about safety concerns after boy, 17, is murdered on bus in W. Garfield Man, 24, charged with attempted murder after stabbing man, 60, at Oak Park Ave. Blue stop (Oak Park.com) Police release images of suspects in armed robbery on the Red Line at 69th Street (FOX) After Pride […]

Ignoring safety data, committee expected to vote to raised speed cam threshold to 10 mph today (ABC) Ride Illinois remembers board member Ramon Escapa, killed by a driver while biking in western Illinois Driver of Dodge utility van struck the side of a Ford hatchback in Rosemoor, hurting 1-year-old girl (Sun-Times) Trucker flipped over vehicle […]

1 killed in I-290 crash near Harlem Avenue, according to Illinois State Police (ABC) Woman who may have been drugged uses officers car to run him over, causing injuries (ABC) Wednesday’s Bike Jam ride to promote the Bike Grid proposal honors Rafi Cardenas and Lily Shambrook Sun-Times editorial calls for raising the fines for blocking […]

City program will reimburse homeowners who buy security cams and a year of video storage (Block Club) Nearby neighbors discuss traffic conditions on block where SUV driver killed Rafi Cardenas, 2 (Block Club) Driver who killed bike rider Paresh Chhatrala, 42, in West Loop, charged with reckless homicide (ABC) Family of Tim Kast, 46, fatally […]

Casino, including road widening, approved after Lightfoot screams “You are a liar!” at opposing alder (Block Club) Despite being presented with evidence that curfews don’t work, Council approves 10 PM curfew (Block Club) The Reader looks at why stricter curfews are the wrong approach to reducing violence Why did it take CPD five years to […]

Coverage of last night’s Ride of Silence honoring fallen cyclists (ABC, WGN) Block Club looks at potential bus priority streets from the city’s Better Streets for Buses initiative 4 injured in crash at Addison/Kimball in Irving Park after speeding driver runs red light (ABC) CTA bus driver involved in crash at Lawrence/Marine in Uptown Wednesday […]

BMW driver drove through bus stop killing woman, 32, on 2100 block of W. Peterson in West Ridge (ABC) SUV driver who failed to yield while turning right from State onto Wacker critically injured woman, 32 (ABC) BNSF trains not stopping at Clarendon Hills due to investigation of train-truck crash that killed 1, injured 4 […]

Preckwinkle, other Cook County leaders call on CTA, Metra to combine fare systems (Block Club) 4 people shot on Ida B. Wells Dr. in Loop, including woman crossing the street on foot (ABC) 2 teens charged with robbing, attacking former “Wild Chicago” host Will Clinger at Addison stop (Fox) John rode the Red and Blue […]

After city boosted policing, security guards on CTA, riders say nothing has changed (Block Club) Ghost bike vigil for Gerardo Marciales Thursday 4/28, 6 PM at Balbo/DuSable LSD (Bike Lane Uprising) Ald. Beale hopes to introduce ordinance today raising speed cam ticketing threshold back to 10 mph (ABC) Who are the ‘Violence Interrupters’ – the […]

Bike Lane Uprising discusses how West Loop median removal contributed to bike injury crash (Block Club) After federal mask mandate struck down, CTA, Metra, aviation dept. say they will still require masks (ABC) Male driver, 26, killed after being ejected from vehicle during rollover crash in Plato Township Man, 71, injured after SUV driver crashed […]