Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 12

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  • Hinz: CTA cleanliness, safety got worse during COVID, improvement needed for ridership return (Crain’s)
  • Driver hospitalized after crashing van into CTA bus in Loop (Sun-Times)
  • Driver says GPS led her onto Barrington Metra tracks before car struck, no injuries (CBS)
  • Ride Illinois has funding to provide a $2 incentive to schools for 45K kids to take its bike safety quiz
  • CBS looks at the Chicago Monuments Project controversy (CBS)
  • Fox looks at supply chain issues during the current COVID bicycling boom
  • J.C. Lind owner: Another bike shortage is likely this year, so if you want one buy early (Tribune)

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Update: 35th Ward alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa has signed on to discuss equitable sustainable transportation and housing initiatives in the ward and citywide as part of this event. Needless to say, this past year has been one like no other, and the Chicago sustainable transportation scene was no exception. Here at Streetsblog Chicago we’ve had our hands […]

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 11

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  • CTA approves $1.75M settlement with Joseph Morgan, 24, struck on bike by bus driver (WTTW)
  • Limit St. Patrick’s Day crowds or we’ll shut you down, city warns Chicago bars (Block Club)
  • Crain’s podcast: Why Metra sees questionable One Central transit hub as a “golden opportunity”
  • With no letup in carjackings, police launch website, add more officers to citywide task force (Block Club)
  • Push to rename Kolmar Park for poet killed in Holocaust gets her family’s support (Block Club)
  • After record sales and shortages in 2020, Chicago bike shops gear up for another banner year (WTTW)
  • Chicago Tribune reporter Steve Johnson explores Wisconsin’s Driftless Area on bikes

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 10

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  • Metra supports $6.5 billion in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub proposal (Crain’s)
  • Community “living room” and food hub planned in Englewood includes new plaza (Architect’s Newspaper)
  • Judge could block General Iron metal scrapper permit as soon as next month (Block Club)
  • What if ward maps were drawn “for Chicagoans, by Chicagoans’ instead?” (Block Club)
  • 1 killed, 2 hurt in I-57 crash near 111th Street after driver hits dump truck on shoulder (Sun-Times)
  • Driver faces DUI charges following crash on Ridgeland Avenue in Oak Park (Tribune)
  • Police release surveillances images of suspects from Green Line robbery at Bronzeville-IIT (ABC)
  • Art installation planned near the Kedzie-Homan stop in effort to make area more walkable (Block Club)
  • Time to start planning your next bike adventure (Daily Herald)
  • Find one of 50 giant lemons scattered around the city, win a new bike (Sun-Times)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 9

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  • Metra, landlords join forces in “come back downtown” push with “Safe Return to Work Summit” (Crain’s)
  • CTA is piloting tech on 79th bus to measure ridership to prevent crowding and reduce wait times
  • Driver killed mother, father, and son as they left shopping plaza in Mount Prospect (ABC)
  • Train window shattered by bullet discovered at 87th Red Line, no injuries (CBS)
  • Letter: Keep Chicagoans part of the conversation for a Bubbly Creek pedestrian bridge (Tribune)
  • Tribune: “Outdoor biking isn’t a year-round option unless you live in a temperate climate.”
  • Meanwhile, nearly 350 Chicagoans participated in ATA and Keating Law’s Winter Bike Challenge

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Great news! We surpassed our $50,000 fundraising goal. I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who donated to help Streetsblog Chicago hit the target. Along with the $75K pledged by the Chicago Community Trust for our 2021 budget, this allows us to promote assistant editor Courtney Cobbs to co-editor and launch a new weekly series on mobility justice issues impacting Chicago’s Latino communities. Stay tuned for an announcement about an online fundraising victory party.

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