Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Activists protested upcoming release of killer cop Van Dyke, calling for citywide CTA shutdown (Tribune) Instead of getting fired, official in botched Little Village implosion gets written reprimand (Block Club) Police: Driver blew a red light in Waukegan, causing 4-car crash that killed another motorist (NBC) 19-year-old woman injured in shooting, crash near Joliet mall […]

Pritzker tries to justify plans to spend billions in federal funds to widen expressways in NPR interview Lightfoot defended plans to host NYE fireworks as COVID-19 surges in the city (Block Club) 1 dead, 2 injured after driver of car full of teens crashes into parked vehicle, tree in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times) Owner of Pedestrian […]

CPS prepared to switch to remote in least-vaccinated areas if classroom cases spike (Block Club) Driver who died after striking stopped semi in N. Chicago IDed as entrepreneur Slobodan Pavlovic, 83 (LMS) Mother facing DUI charges after 6-year-old son ejected in Oak Lawn crash (NWI Times) Demo begins just S. of Lake/Ashland station with 210 […]

Police: Man, 62, found dead at Arlington Park Metra station, no evidence of foul play (AHC) Driver ran a red in Park Manor, hit another vehicle, critically injured pedestrian, and struck building (CBS) Police: Father drove drunk, crashed car, breaking son’s leg, and abandoned child at a store (FOX) Police officer injured in collision with […]

Urban Land Institute floats ideas for improving Mag Mile, including new bridge to LFT (Sun-Times) Trucker carrying a payload of salt crashed on I-88 near Eola Rd., 1 seriously injured (CBS) 2 men are in fair condition after shooting near Garfield Red stop, trains skipped station (ABC) Boy, 15, arrested, charged in beating of CTA […]

Cahill: Chicago transit needs to improve to win new riders. Could P3s fund new rail lines? (Crain’s) Driver ran red at Pratt/Wester, killing two women on sidewalk, no citations (ABC) 1 dead, 3 injured after head-on crash on DLSD in Streeterville (ABC) Hit-and-run driver killed man, 59, biking in Back of the Yards (ABC) CTA […]

Man was tired of seeing drivers nearly hit kids. Now he’s a volunteer crossing guard  (Block Club) Tensions rise in contract negotiations between Metra and unions (Tribune) 200-unit mixed-use tower with 99 spots is rising near the Chicago Ave. ‘L’ station (YIMBY) The Chicago Plan Committee has approved a new golf practice area at 3701 N. […]

CTA 2022 budget calls for maintaining service levels, no fare hikes, cutting pass costs (Tribune) Encuentro Square,  100-unit affordable housing project near Bloomingdale Trail, coming in 2022 (Block Club) Police release description of car whose driver critically injured pedestrian in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times) Cop faces firing for allegedly detaining CTA employee who accused fellow officer […]

CTA bus driver fatally strikes man, 85, near Buena underpass to the Lakefront Trail (Sun-Times) Motorist fatally struck Timothy Hackett, 30, on bike in Park Ridge six-way intersection (Tribune) Driver illegally passing tow truck in Beach Park killed Jose Hernandez, critically injured stepsons (ABC) 1 dead, several injured, after 7-car crash on the Kennedy near […]

2 motorcycle riders killed in S. Deering; Driver killed on DuSable Drive in Lakeview (Tribune) Family holds vigil for Michael Brooks, 59, killed in Aurora hit-and-run as police search for vehicle (ABC) A man boarded a CTA bus in Bronzeville after being shot during an altercation (WGN) Metra will continue to sell $10 all-day pass […]