Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Willie Wilson Vows to Make CTA Free for Seniors Again, Shut Down Traffic Cams (Sun-Times) Dorothy Brown Proposes Charging Higher Fares for Express Bus Routes (Sun-Times) Driver Charged With Hit-and-Run in Death of Alberto Zavala, 64, Last Summer (Sun-Times) 6 Injured, Including 2 Children, in Firetruck/Van Crash (ABC) New Info Released About Cops Who Allegedly […]

Illinois Launches Self-Driving Car Research Initiative (Curbed) Active Trans’ Bus Report Card Shows Need for for Service Upgrades Active Trans Survey Finds Strong Support for $20M Chicago Bike Walk Fund Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Man in Chatham, Dragged Him for 5 Blocks (NBC) Good Samaritan Saves Man Who Fell Onto Blue Line Tracks (CBS) Transportation & […]

27 CEOs Ask Rauner & Pritzker to Commit to $50M State Bike Walk Fund (Active Trans) Active Trans Director Ron Burke Joins Chicago’s New Mobility Task Force After Death of Daniela Chavez, 5, Mary Mitchell Voices Support for RLCs (Sun-Times) Balconies Collapse, 2 Injured After Driver Crashes Into Edgewater Building (Sun-Times) Mother of Antonio Cowan, […]

Trump: Stop-and-Frisk Policing is the Answer to Chicago’s Crime Problem (Tribune) Emanuel’s Budget Includes $1M for Shared Cost Sidewalk Program (Sun-Times) Walter Najera, 3, Killed in East Side Rollover Crash (Sun-Times) Milwaukee District-West Switch Problem at Roselle Causing Major Delays (ABC) Mapping the 49 High-Rises Under Construction in Chicago Right Now (Curbed) TOD With 105 […]

$132M U.S. DOT Grant for Chicago’s CREATE Anti-Rail Congestion Program (Roads & Bridges) Police Chase Ends With Child and 2 Adults Dead, 3 Injured in Englewood (Tribune) 24-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed While Walking on Loyola Park Bike Path Metra Cited as Model for Preventing Train Deaths, With 104 Recent Suicide Interventions (Herald) Signal Problems […]

CTA Is Getting $100M in Core Capacity Grants for Red & Purple Line Upgrades (CBS) Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Man on Bike in Pulaski Park, 67, on Sunday Afternoon (Tribune) CTA Driver Hospitalized After Bus Filled With Fumes (Tribune) Motorcyclists Grope Woman on Bike on Milwaukee, Punch Out Her Husband (Block Club) CTA Drivers Report an […]

Metra: No Fare Hike This Time But Cuts Are Ahead Without More State Funding (CTJ) Police: Man, 53, Was Leaning Over Monroe Red Line Platform When Fatally Struck (Sun-Times) Family of Aimee Marie Coath Gets $6M Settlement From Fatal 2015 CTA Bus Crash (WBBM) Man Sexually Assaulted CTA Bus Driver, Tried to Drive Bus Away […]

Women Killed When Sheriff’s Deputy Struck Their Car Were Sisters Returning From Work (Tribune) Police Chase After Attempted Traffic Stop Ends With Crash at Sox Park (ABC) New BNSF Schedule Forces Riverside Parents to Adjust School Drop-off Routine (Landmark) TOD With 117 Units, No On-Site Parking, Planned Next to Congress Theater (Curbed) Prosthetics Give a […]

Driver Flees After Crashing Into Pole in Avondale, Killing 1 Passenger and Injuring 2 (Sun-Times) CTA Blue Line Service Suspended After Suspect Runs Onto Tracks in Eisenhower Median (ABC) Metra Problems Still Being Worked Out After Monday’s BNSF Gridlock (CBS) Lipinski Announces $8.6M in Federal Funs for Positive Train Control (Beverly Review) Chicago Is Installing […]

More Coverage of Illinois Adding the “Dutch Reach” to Driver Curriculum (CBS, Tribune) Sun-Times Is Looking for Bike Crash Footage for a Follow-up to Recent Editorial (Chainlink) After Angela Park’s Death, Letters Blame Main-Street Bikeways, Cyclists (Sun-Times) NWU Prof: Let’s Implement Congestion Pricing Instead of a Ride-Share Cap (Crain’s) Metra Gets an Earful Over Massive Delays […]

Sun-Times: ATA’s Call for Moratorium on Road Widening “Takes [Pro-Transit Argument] Too Far” CPD’s Glen Brooks Discusses Bike Ticketing & Other Community Issues on Chicago Tonight CTA Is Adding 4,800 Hi-Def Security Cams, on top of 4,800 Announced in February (NBC) Driver Taken Into Custody for Possible DUI in Fatal N. Lawndale Rollover Crash (WGN) […]