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As another person is killed while biking in the northern suburbs, Lincolnwood reneges on Pratt bikeway plan

At a time when bike crashes have been disturbingly common in the near-northern suburbs, it's troubling to hear that one of them is cancelling plans to make cycling safer.

August 7, 2024

Joey Center, one of two bike riders that drivers injured in or near Skokie Wednesday, is currently in a coma

According to a coworker, Center was leaving the parking lot of a Jewel where he worked, when a driver leaving the adjacent Old Navy lot struck him.

July 26, 2024

This month drivers on north-suburban IDOT roads seriously injured or killed three different people biking

Wide, multilane streets that encourage drivers to speed, plus wide turning radii and slip lanes that enable motorists to whip around corners , may have contributed to these crashes.

July 25, 2024

Many sustainable transportation advocates showed up for the last meeting on the Church Street bikeway plan

An attendee credited previous Streetsblog coverage of the controversial project with helping to draw the big turnout.

June 29, 2024

Northern attitudes: At ATA’s Suburban Advocacy Connect event, talk of a “livid” battle over Skokie bikeway plan

Other topics discussed included federal funding for bike-walk safety projects, Ride Illinois events, an infrastructure field trip in Glenview, and Bike the Drive.

They can’t drive 55: After NTSB preliminary report on the 11/16 Yellow Line crash comes out, CTA says it will lower train speed limit from 55 to 35

But yesterday there was a light in the tunnel (although the line doesn't operate as a subway) for restoring service, with new statements from NTSB and CTA.

December 13, 2023

Not so Swift: Yellow Line restoration drags on after crash, as confusion reigns over shuttle bus service

Yellow ‘L’ line service remains suspended three weeks after a November 16 collision with a snowplow, and the shuttle service is unpredictable.

December 7, 2023