Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Transportation

A Metra train departs from downtown Chicago. Photo: Jeff Zoline

For $100 you can take unlimited rides on Metra this summer, anywhere in the region

By Courtney Cobbs | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

The full-fare pass is $100, and discounted passes for eligible seniors, K-12 students, and riders on the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines will be $70.

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.

Looking southeast at Leland and Western around the time of the crash in 2019. The pothole is in the center of the image, and the Divvy station is visible at the top of the image. Image provided by Erron Fisher.

Illinois court expands a city’s liability to injured bicyclists

By Steven Lucy | May 27, 2022 | No Comments

While cyclists in Chicago facing blocked bike lanes and dangerous drivers may feel like second-class citizens every day, it is perhaps surprising that, under current Illinois law, they actually are. Local governments – municipalities, townships, and counties – have an obligation to maintain roads in a condition that is safe to drive on, but have […]

Bus lanes at the Halsted bridge over I-57 at 98th Street, which are still in the plan.

Unfortunately, most bus lanes have been removed from Pace South Halsted Pulse plan

By Igor Studenkov | May 26, 2022 | No Comments

While it's unfortunate that the Pulse Halsted plan no longer includes significant stretches of bus lanes, hopefully the other time-saving features will help shorten trips for South Side and Southland commuters.

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