Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

Here’s what CTA and Metra say they’re doing to fight the spread of coronavirus Metra riders say trains are empty as people stay home, but ridership is steady on CTA (Block Club) CTA police shooting victim Ariel Roman has filed a federal lawsuit agains the city (Tribune) Tow truck driver runs several lights, kills motorist, […]

Konkol: CTA cop shooting is an argument for immediate release of police use-of-force videos (Patch) Kass claims “there is little outrage” over the police shooting of Ariel Roman (Tribune) CTA says no special cleaning protocols are needed during coronavirus outbreak (WBBM) Train, 2 drivers crash in Garfield Ridge, no hospitalizations (Fox) South Shore Line’s bikes […]

City promises to roll out public safety plan for CTA this week (WGN) Driver fatally struck pedestrian at Irving Park and 25th Ave. in Schiller Park (ABC) Man charged in crash that injured 5, including 2 Chicago police officers (Fox) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male pedestrian, 59, in Englewood (Block Club) Cyclist, 30, attacked and […]

Contractor for $2.1B RPM project is donating $250K to program for low-income students (Block Club) Andersonville neighbors hope to make car-centric Catalpa St. more people-friendly (Block Club) North Side Red Line service was suspended Saturday after accidental death at Addison (Tribune) At least 15 hurt in Austin Friday after wrong-way driver hit CTA bus (WGN) […]

IL drivers whose licenses were suspended for non-moving violations can get them reinstated (Block Club) Fatal crash that may have been caused by medical emergency shut down 2 miles of SB LSD (CBS) Community activist asks hit-and-run driver who injured his sister to turn themself in (ABC) Police: SUV driver struck parked CTA bus in […]

CPD: Police chase after man, 43, critically shot ended with crash at Montrose/Western (WGN) Police chase for “minor traffic violation” on LSD ends with crash by Burnham Harbor (Sun-Times) Man charged for driving while high in possible 1st pot-related DUI in IL after legalization (CBS) Metra train hit semi in Edgebrook yesterday, the 2nd Metra/vehicle […]

Lightfoot blasts proposal to freeze development near The 606 for 14 months (Block Club) How climate change is contributing to the destruction of the Lakefront Trail (Curbed) Motorist killed male pedestrian in Aurora and fled the scene (ABC) Driver who killed Alejandro Arzeta, 46, in Des Plaines charged with homicide, DUI (NBC) Forbes checks out […]

Workers are digging 70-foot-deep shafts for the foundation of the Belmont Flyover (Block Club) Mark S. Brown, 47, killed in Aurora after fleeing traffic stop (Tribune) Child critically injured in 2-car Portage Park crash involving 10 people (CBS) Bystanders rescue driver after fiery crash at Mt. Prospect strip mall (CBS) 2 teenage girls charged in […]

Hit-and-run driver killed male pedestrian in Harvey on Christmas Day (Sun-Times) Drunk driver struck deputy who was blocking traffic at fatal crash site in Volo (NBC) 3 injured, including 2 police officers, in West Woodlawn crash (NBC) 5 cars involved in wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan near 79th, driver charged with DUI (CBS) Gas station […]

Chicago’s Low-Income Housing Trust Fund subsidizing unsafe units, new audit shows (Sun-Times) CTA bus driver who was fired after striking a cyclist in River North racked up overtime pay (WTTW) Semi-truck driver crashes in Volo, spills garbage all over the road (CBS) After a terrifying crash in Arlington Heights, residents want traffic calming (NBC) Police: […]

CBS: Better signage is needed to clear up driver confusion about Western bus lanes Driver fatally struck Robert Szabo, 52, in Lombard, said “He’ll be OK,” and drove off (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Akin Jones, 22, in Proviso Township (Sun-Times) Retired priest accused of hit-and-run DUI crash that killed Catholic school teacher Rone Leja, […]