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The 59th/St. Louis intersection, where the driver struck the bike rider, looking east. Image: Google Maps

Recently drivers have critically injured people on bikes in West Lawn and Grand Crossing

By John Greenfield | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Within the past few days drivers struck and critically injured a 54-year-old woman in West Lawn on the Southwest Side, as well as a man, 30, in Grand Crossing, on the Mid South Side.

The Jackson Red Line platform. Photo: John Greenfield

The Jackson 5: Spending five hours at the Jackson ‘L’ stops, a CTA trouble spot

By John Greenfield | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

I hung out in the Jackson Street Red and Blue stations from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. in an effort to see what the security presence was like there at the time.

The 2900 block of West Columbus Avenue, looking southwest. In some locations the grassy parkway has been eliminated to make room for parking cars. An upcoming four-to-three conversion road diet on this stretch will help calm traffic. Image: Google Maps

An SUV driver killed Martha Velazquez on Columbus in Ashburn. A road diet is planned.

By John Greenfield | May 31, 2022 | No Comments

A four-to-three conversion road diet was already planned on this stretch prior to the tragic crash.

The 6800 block of South Stony Island in South Shore, where a driver fatally struck Deborah Renee Jones, 67.

Three South Side pedestrian crash fatality cases from earlier this year

By John Greenfield | May 25, 2022 | No Comments

Earlier this month SBC cofounder Steven Vance launched a new Chicago Crash Browser, which pulls data from the city's data portal, checking for new reports every hour.

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.

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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