Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

After mayor delayed Council vote on Beale’s ordinance to allow deadly speeds, he calls her a “dictator” (Sun-Times) More coverage of CTA ghost trains and buses: “It just never arrives” (FOX) SUV driver struck sedan at 87th/Ashland, fatally injuring a girl, 13, and injuring 4 other sedan occupants (NBC) Lamarke Smith, 34, in coma after […]

After drivers killed 3 kids, alders argue speed cams, which are proven to save lives, don’t improve safety (Sun-Times) ATA director writes to Lightfoot and Biagi asking them to empower CDOT staff to build lifesaving street designs California Blue Line station in Logan Square is poised to get $36 million in accessibility upgrades (Block Club) […]

Active Transportation Alliance releases 2022 Illinois Sustainable Transportation Platform Father of Lily Grace Shambrook, 3, killed by trucker: CPD narrative was wrong (Sun-Times, ABC, Block Club) Man in fair condition after being stabbed in chest during fight near Wilson station Thursday night (FOX) Chicago Tribune looks at the upcoming citywide, permanent rental e-scooter rollout Bike […]

Ordinance to double the TOD zone around stations, reduce alder veto power, faces stiff battle (Block Club) Yay? Groundbreaking held for new 6-story garage that will encourage more people to drive to O’Hare (WGN) Female driver, 29, dies after striking tree on Vincennes Ave. in Brainerd (ABC) 6 people injured in fiery crash at multilane […]

Chicago Casino set for final city vote Wednesday after committee OKs Bally’s plan (Block Club) Why is Chicago’s hit-and-run arrest record so much lower than New York or LA’s? (NBC) Dump tuck diver killed after being struck by MD-N train on private road with no RR gates or lights (ABC) I-294 pileup crash involving at […]

Controversial new ward map approved with 16 Black, 14 Latino, 1 Asian ward, plus wild gerrymandering (Block Club) More than 1,000 people filled the streets for Chicago abortion rights rally last weekend (Block Club) School bus driver fatally strikes 3-year-old boy in northwest-suburban Cary (ABC) Motorcyclist dies after collision with ambulance in Waukegan (NBC) Police: […]

Chicago aldermen appear to have reached a deal on the ward remap, but it ain’t pretty (Block Club) Divvy launches its new scooter fleet, gets rid of its fee waiver zone, lowers non-dock parking fee for members Despite CDOT‘s new paint-and-post treatment at Balbo/DLSD, drivers are still running reds on left-turn arrows Block Club looks […]

Advocates call for removing road expansion projects from CMAP regional plan (ATA) Ald. Beale once again failed to raise ticketing threshold for speed cameras back to 10 mph (CBS) Durbin says $2M in federal funding is lined up for e-bus upgrades to 103rd St. garage (Fox) ISP: Driver fatally struck pedestrian Friday night on Bishop […]

Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington: My beloved CTA is in crisis Passengers evacuate CTA Blue Line train in Logan Square after smoky “mechanical problem” (Fox) CTA Red Line trains delayed at 47th Street Saturday morning due to person on tracks (Fox) 2 dead in East Chicago following high-speed police chase after driver who fled traffic stop […]

CTA and police increased security to combat a spike in transit crime. Will it work? (Tribune) Despite uptick in omicron’s BA.2 subvariant, federal transit mask mandate will expire on 5/3 (Crain’s) Speeding driver dies after hitting guardrail on 3200 block of East 106th Street in East Side (Fox) Christian Ruiz, 30, died after being shot […]

Chicago in the running for billions in new transportation funds (Crain’s) Metra adds trains and expects more riders on the BNSF Line (WTTW) Could a Red Line extension bring more investment to the Far South Side (Chicago mag) Opinion: Turn McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center into a recreational facility for all (Tribune) Transit and freight hubs […]