Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

As Hilco’s Target Warehouse opens, activists warn of more pollution, truck traffic in Little Village (Block Club) Former alderman Bob Fioretti says he believes he caught COVID-19 on a CTA bus (Defender) Woman killed, 2 officers injured after Dolton restaurant confrontation, crash into Compleat Cyclist bike shop (ABC) Allegedly intoxicated driver taken into custody after […]

Joseph Barbee, 27, shot and killed while riding Divvy bike in Gresham, no one is in custody (Sun-Times) West Rogers Park/West Ridge community mourns Hershel Weinberger’s death (CBS 2) Chicago Police Board has fired an officer for a reckless police chase that led to two deaths in 2017 (CBS 2) Another report and more details […]

Biden visits Crystal Lake to tout his plan to support “human infrastructure” (Sun-Times) Tribune editorial: Abuse of aldermanic privilege is a “gateway to corruption” CPD releases new info about 6/20 hit-and-run in Austin that killed motorcyclist (Tribune) Dangerous high waves predicted for the lakefront today (Block Club) Chase eyes sites for potential new skyscraper (Chicago […]

As Chicago reopens from COVID, traffic is getting worse (Tribune) After vote to rename LSD for DuSable, Lightfoot says she will move ahead with DuSable Park plan (Tribune) Noah Berlatsky: Lightfoot’s DSD opposition is to blame for “throwing the Council into chaos for weeks” Essence Ransberry, 5, identified as child from Beverly Metra/car crash that […]

After hit-and-run driver injured Oscars Olivares, 27, in Avondale, neighbors are raising money for him (Block Club) 13-year-old boy shot in leg while riding bike in West Pullman (Sun-Times) Group of people of Divvy bikes attack man on bike at Madison/Wabash, steal his cycle (CBS) New service offers by-the-month scooter rentals, advocates say more PBLs […]

After endless NIMBY pushback, the Dickens Greenway is finally approved (43rd Ward) Man charged in hit-and-run car crash death of Jamyah Harris, 1, at Jackson/Western last Month (Tribune) Semi rollover crash shuts down I-80 in SW-suburban Minooka (WGN) After disgruntled passenger shots at bus driver, union says it may take legal action against CTA (CBS) […]

Wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan near 63rd kills Naperville man, Chicago woman High-speed Lake Shore Drive crash kills 1, injures 3 near Monroe (ABC) Construction begins on the CTA’s new Bryn Mawr station Today (CBS) IDOT seeks public input on a new study assessing the state’s rail system (RiverBender) Residents asked to weigh in on […]

Metra to restore Saturday service to pre-COVID levels on 7 lines beginning Memorial Day weekend (Tribune) Family of Eric Crawford, 13, slain while biking in McKinley Park, pleads for information (Tribune) Off-duty CPD officer Jose L. Castro, 29, dies in crash after being chased by police for speeding (NBC) Woman, 57, hospitalized after crashing car […]

Illinois could fully reopen to “normal” by June 11, Pritzker says (Block Club) Metra plans to gradually add more train runs to its schedule as workplaces reopen (CBS) Canadian EV maker to build electric buses and trucks at new Joliet factory (Tribune) Lake County’s construction program features major intersection and resurfacing work (Tribune) Has the […]

CPD killing of Anthony Alvarez, 22, spurs more calls for foot chase reform (Block Club) Reader: CPD narrative on carjacking epidemic “built on shoddy data and anecdotal evidence” Proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable slated for a committee vote today (Tribune) Single dad killed in Franklin Park crash by DUI suspect allegedly fleeing […]

7000-Series cars go into service on Blue Line, with screens displaying surveillance images of riders (CBS) Committee vote on DuSable Drive proposal pushed back to 4/29 (BHM) Two CPD officers were injured in a hit-and-run crash in Gresham (ABC) Sun-Times: Lightfoot’s massive rewrite of affordable housing ordinance sails through committee Zoning Committee approves lift of […]

City deploys barricades, trucks in preparation for potential unrest over police shootings (Block Club) Block-by-block analysis of where North Michigan stands after impact of pandemic, unrest (Tribune) CDOT seeking station location input for West and Southwest side Divvy expansion (Block Club) Bus driver fatally struck Agata Gorz, 42, in Palos Heights (Sun-Times) After driver strikes […]