Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Bureaucratic snag delays Divvy expansion until spring; ridership has dropped a bit (Tribune) Crain’s calls the Madison planter removals with no community input “a Meigs-style move” Braidwood mayor charged with DUI, 3 injured after 3-car crash Driver fleeing traffic stop crashes, flips car in Humboldt; police deny chasing him (CBS) Man beaten, robbed on Red […]

Trayvion West, 13, Killed in S. Chicago crosswalk, 2 weeks after boy, 5, injured in Avondale (Tribune, Block Club) 5 officers injured, 2 critically, after chase ends in crash at Jackson/Francisco (ABC) Officer injured in Aurora after allegedly drunk driver fails to yield while turning left (Sun-Times) Driver charged with hit-and-run for August crash that […]

City tweaks ride-hail tax plan to provide a discount for wheelchair users (Tribune) Chicago Reporter: The Uber tax would improve equity, but why not tax companies directly? More data on why the ride-hail tax will largely be paid by the wealthy, not the poor (CNT) Lime endorses the ride-hail tax, which would encourage micromobility device […]

Construction of Pace Pulse stations temporarily stopped due to permit problems cited by CDOT (Patch) Man charged with DUI, reckless homicide in fatal Oak Forest crash (Sun-Times) Woman charged with DUI in Lawndale crash that hurt 2 Chicago police officers (WBBM) Lake County Forest Preserve District won’t chip in on local bike-share program (Herald) Kids’ […]

Lori to Crain’s: I’m still against the plan for cheap, frequent South Side Metra service Driver killed after crashing into McCormick Place during drag race (NBC) IDOT contractor fatally struck by minivan driver while working on roadside (ABC) At least 9 people, including multiple children, injured in crash at 48th and Michigan (CBS) Woman grazed, […]

Lightfoot proposes tripling ride-share tax on solo rides in or out of downtown (Tribune) State legislator sponsors bill to ban red light cameras in Illinois (NPR) Driver found guilty of DUI, homicide in crash that killed Annajeanne Dewey (Sun-Times) $1,000 reward offered to find driver who killed pedestrian Robert Szabo, 59, in Lombard (Sun-Times) Illini […]

Advocates for cheaper, more frequent Metra service state their case on “Chicago Tonight“ Pritzker wants embattled state senator Martin Sandoval gone from the transportation committee (Sun-Times) Van driver strikes woman, 69, near McCormick Place, vehicle flips over, catches fire (ABC) 2 Chicago police officers injured in Oak Park T-bone crash (Tribune) Family of Woodfield Mall […]

Alderman Hopkins proposes video enforcement of bus and bike lanes (Sun-Times) Aldermen’s ideas for addressing deficit include ride-share city stickers, raising meter fees (Sun-Times) Red, Purple, Yellow trains delayed during PM rush after woman dies on Jarvis Tracks (ABC) Driver fleeing police crashes into 2 cop cars in Oakland, gets away (Sun-Times) NBC: Near misses […]

Hit-and-run van driver killed Lucinda Rondon-Stanley, 53, in Deerfield Friday, lawsuit filed (CBS) After Beverly Zanko’s death in Oswego last fall, residents want a more walkable downtown (Tribune) Semi driver crashes into Dan Ryan median wall near Bridgeport, damaging overpass (Sun-Times) Reilly introduces ordinance requiring multiunit buildings to accommodate electric car charging (Sun-Times) New Evanston bike […]

Albany Parkers launch petition against new gas station, Ramirez-Rosa agrees with them (Block Club) “Minor fire” on tracks near Forest Park caused significant delays on the Blue Line (Sun-Times) Iconic sandwich shop Taurus Flavors, struck by a driver, may be demolished (Tribune) String of bike thefts in Evanston blamed on nice cycling weather (Evanston Now) […]

Teens say free CTA rides on first day of school are not enough (WBEZ) Help create vision for a safer Archer Avenue (Active Trans) Patch talks with Telesfora Escamilla‘s family on the anniversary of her death 4 children among 6 injured in Avondale crash (WGN) 2 injured in vehicle crash on Metra Electric tracks in South Shore […]