Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Stay home for Christmas, New Year’s to reduce COVID spread, state’s leaders plead (Block Club) Child “gravely” injured, woman in critical condition after Gage Park crash (CBS) Police share video of driver fleeing Lisle traffic stop, fatally crashing on I-88 ramp (Sun-Times) Chicagoans are accepting $10K checks to move to Michigan and work remotely there […]

More local coverage of Biden picking Pete over Rahm for USDOT chief (Tribune, Crain’s) Emanuel may still be getting an ambassador post (Sun-Times) Driver charged with homicide in crash that killed passenger Lazaro Rosas-Garcia, 29 (Tribune) Metra platform rifle shooter said he “he does stupid stuff when he drinks” (Tribune) La Pasadita is selling building, […]

ATA looks at the state of the Fair Transit South Cook pilot Amtrak, Metra end Chicago Union Station arbitration (Trains) Truck crash, fuel leak causing road closures in Hegewisch (CBS) Construction starts soon on Auburn Park Metra station along Rock Island line (Block Club) “How can our customers get to us?” asks owner of store […]

Downtown SSA proposed in response to looting, but Alds. aren’t on board (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver struck and killed cyclist in Aurora (ABC) Driver fatally struck Efren Avitia, 75, on his bike in Cicero (Sun-Times) With COVID-19, taking shelter gets complicated for chilly Metra riders (Daily Herald) New smart kiosks bring technology, information to Bronzeville […]

Grad student Tushar Sharma, 27, killed by a driver who was fleeing a traffic stop (UIC Today) Man, 25, shot in abdomen below LaSalle/Van Buren station (ABC) Lower Lake Shore Drive crash leaves 2 Chicago police officers hurt in Streeterville (ABC) Boy, 12, on bike, injured by left-turning motorist on South Shore Drive (Sun-Times) Metra […]

Tribune editorial blasts proposal for speed cam tickets for drivers doing 36 in 30 zones 1 killed, 4 injured after driver runs red in Chatham (ABC) Lightfoot won’t sue to end state ban on indoor dining and drinking in Chicago (Block Club) Is enclosed outdoor seating actually safer than just eating inside during the pandemic? […]

Colorado, Ohio, Delaware, W. Virginia, Texas added to Chicago travel quarantine list (Block Club) RTA sounds federal transit alarms as 2021 budget work begins (Bond Buyer) Secretary of State announces IL teen driver deaths are down 74 percent since 2007 (WBBM) 2nd man has died after a motorist drove off I-290 in Elmhurst and struck […]

Take this survey to show support for bus lanes on LSD without widening the drive (ATA) Sterling Bay: Work on 606 extension, bridge to Lincoln Yards with bike lanes, begins next year (Block Club) Police officer crashes, falls off overpass onto Kennedy Expressway; OB lanes closed near Foster (WGN) Police searching for man accused of […]

ATA’s Rynell: As Divvy expands, we need a network of protected bike lanes (Crain’s) Metra’s 3 Union Pacific lines will have manned ticket verification booths at Ogilvie (Tribune) Driver fatally struck male cyclist near North Shore Bike Path in Libertyville (ABC) Woman, 66, taking motorcycle training course at suburban Harper College dies in crash (NBC) […]

Residents protest outside Chicago police HQ in the wake of Breonna Taylor decision (NBC) CTA service diverted from near police HQ to discourage participation in the protest (NBC) Father Pfleger leads march, rally in Auburn Gresham after the Taylor decision (NBC) NBC looks at South Shore Line’s “Mask Optional” service between Indiana and Chicago Indiana […]

Person in car fatally shot man, 26, inside Morse Red Line station at 6 PM (Tribune) Hit-and-run pickup driver struck woman, 61, at bus stop in South Loop, injuring her legs (Block Club) Police chase ends in 4-car crash at Roosevelt and Dan Ryan with at least 1 person injured (Tribune) Church near California Blue […]