Advocates rally CTA HQ to demand improvements: “We need to keep being loud”
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Attendees demanded more reliable bus and train service, more accurate Transit Tracker arrival times, and better conditions for CTA workers.
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Hit-and-run SUV driver fatally struck Eric Ray, 59, in Chatham
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Ray was the 23rd pedestrian killed on Chicago streets so far this year.
For the 2nd time this month a driver ran red, causing severe injury to people at bus stop
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Seven people were injured in the collision, and at least one of the pedestrians at the bus stop lost a limb.
During a weekend of street races, a speeding driver killed Shawman Meireis, 40, on foot
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Whether or it turns out that this tragedy was related to drag racing, clearly there should have serious consequences for the killer, but so far he has merely received traffic tickets.
GoFundMe launched for family of Fengan Yan, 55, killed on bike in Armour Square
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Sadly, it's very common for reckless and negligent Chicago drivers to take the lives of vulnerable road users, and only be punished with traffic citations.
Activists block the development of a parking lot. Is that the best way to stop displacement?
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While blocking this development would probably do more harm than good, Chicago absolutely needs to do more to fight displacement.