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Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance

By Jeff Wood | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

On May 18, the White House released a technical-assistance guide to help communities access resources made available in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The 5300 block of West Irving Park Road. Image: Google Maps

Motorcycle rider fatally struck Timothy Kast, 46, crossing 5-lane street in Portage Park

By John Greenfield | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

Kast was the first on-street chicago pedestrian fatality this year. This was the second fatal pedestrian-motorcyclist crash in Chicago within about eight months.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 20

By John Greenfield | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

State, CTA to seek $400 million from feds for Blue Line, I-290 work (Crain’s) Efforts to make transit-oriented development equitable starting to pay off, Chicago officials say (WTTW) Man, 48, killed by motorcyclist, who was critically injured, while crossing 5-lane Irving Park (FOX) 2 killed, 8 injured in shooting outside Chicago Ave. Red stop, train […]

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An Interstate Across America — For Everyone Besides Drivers, That Is — Would Pay For Itself in No Time

By Kea Wilson | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

A continuous cross-continental active transportation trail would pay for itself in less than five years in visitor spending alone, a new analysis argues.

View from inside a bus using the center-running lanes on Columbus Avenue in Boston. Photo: John Greenfield

Is this the beginning of prioritizing buses on Chicago’s streets?

By Courtney Cobbs | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

Better Streets for Buses meetings have started, and ELPC calls for five bus rapid transit routes in five years.

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 19

By John Greenfield | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

Coverage of last night’s Ride of Silence honoring fallen cyclists (ABC, WGN) Block Club looks at potential bus priority streets from the city’s Better Streets for Buses initiative 4 injured in crash at Addison/Kimball in Irving Park after speeding driver runs red light (ABC) CTA bus driver involved in crash at Lawrence/Marine in Uptown Wednesday […]

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There Are Just Four Types of Drivers — And Ending Car Dependency Means Reaching Them All

By Kea Wilson | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

There are four types of drivers in U.S. communities, a new analysis argues, and transportation leaders need to adopt distinct strategies to influence each group’s behavior on the road.

The location where the BMW driver killed Lopez, with the roof of the bus shelter in the background. Photo: Maureen Murphy

Driver who killed Concepcion Lopez, 82, in West Ridge threw object over wall, was DUI tested

By John Greenfield | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Police inventories the object, which may have been alcohol or illegal drugs, and the motorist was given a blood alcohol content test, but he still has not been charged with a DUI.

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NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.