Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 27

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  • After city boosted policing, security guards on CTA, riders say nothing has changed (Block Club)
  • Ghost bike vigil for Gerardo Marciales Thursday 4/28, 6 PM at Balbo/DuSable LSD (Bike Lane Uprising)
  • Ald. Beale hopes to introduce ordinance today raising speed cam ticketing threshold back to 10 mph (ABC)
  • Who are the ‘Violence Interrupters’ – the group looking to tackle CTA crime? (NBC)
  • Blue Line service temporarily suspended between the UIC/Halsted and Grand due to track debris (ABC)
  • Division Street Blue Line station could be renamed to honor area’s Polish past (Block Club)
  • Lightfoot is asking up to $75 million in upfront cash from the three finalists for Chicago’s casino license (Crain’s)
  • Durbin op-ed: “Loop skyscrapers must be demolished to protect safety of Dirksen federal building” (Sun-Times)
  • After fire at Andersonville’s Smashy Automotive, facade elements potentially salvaged for reuse (Uptown Update)
  • Heritage Bicycles and Coffee owner is opening a new bar in the West Loop (Eater)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 25

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  • In addition to COVID, crashes played a role in Chicago life expectancy dropping by 2 years (Block Club)
  • Driver with previous DUI ran red in Broadview, killing another motorist and striking Pace bus (Fox)
  • Motorcyclist killed by driver who failed to yield identified as Taner Kapan, 25, a father of two (ABC)
  • Man, 64, injured during robbery at Red Line’s Addison station Monday at 8:45 PM (ABC)
  • Lincoln Park group’s plan to hire a private security patrol raises concerns from neighbors (Block Club)
  • New Metra schedule cuts four midday trains through Evanston (Daily Northwestern)
  • Ald. Reilly discusses the possibility of pedestrian zones on LaSalle Street (Crain’s)
  • Man with peripheral neuropathy is e-biking across U.S., stopping in Chicago Heights (Patch)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 25

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  • Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington: My beloved CTA is in crisis
  • Passengers evacuate CTA Blue Line train in Logan Square after smoky “mechanical problem” (Fox)
  • CTA Red Line trains delayed at 47th Street Saturday morning due to person on tracks (Fox)
  • 2 dead in East Chicago following high-speed police chase after driver who fled traffic stop (WGN)
  • Hit-and-Run BMW driver kills motorcyclist, 25, in Portage Park Saturday night (Fox)
  • CTA employee struck in face with umbrella by person exiting Green Line in Oak Park (Tribune)
  • Lake County joins 9 municipalities, Metra in opposing CP and KCS rail merger (Patch)
  • In the 1980s, activists in Chicago fought to make public transportation more ADA accessible (WBEZ)
  • 5 homes are for sale along the Illinois Prairie Path (Chicago Magazine)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 22

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  • More coverage of how removal of Madison medians contributed to cyclist’s death (NBC, Block Club)
  • ELPC director calls for building a protected bike lane network to fight climate change (Crain’s)
  • Lightfoot will release climate action plan today. No word yet if it will include more free gas cards. (ABC)
  • Instead of giving away free gasoline, Eric Zorn suggests Lightfoot subsidize free air at gas stations
  • The New York Times looks at the absurdity of Willie Wilson’s (possibly illegal) gas giveaways
  • Suspicious package found in Loop, caused brief service disruptions on CTA train lines (NBC)
  • Plan for expansion of Mars Wrigley center on Goose Island includes new pedestrian walkways (Sun-Times)
  • Canadian Pacific: We’re not proposing additional Metra-delaying freight trains for Lake County (Tribune)
  • Metra stages massive clean-up effort along Chicago-area tracks in honor of Earth Day (Fox)
  • While People for Bikes said Chicago is a horrible city for biking, Wallet Hub gave us a high rating (Axios)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 21

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  • Free Chicago gas and transit card giveaway narrowly passes budget committtee, full vote on 4/27 (NBC)
  • Can the federal government help make the CTA safer? Durbin discusses the issue (ABC)
  • Tio Hardiman, fired from Ceasefire after 2013 domestic violence arrest, offers “violence interrupters” for CTA (Sun-Times)
  • State worker charged with DUI, reckless homicide in SW Side crash that decapitated female driver (ABC)
  • DUI driver charged in Dan Ryan Expressway crash that injured 5, including 2 Chicago police officers
  • Metra stages massive clean-up effort along Chicago-area tracks for Earth Day (Fox)
  • U.S. PIRG discusses Chicago bike infrastructure
  • Green Drives vehicle electrification conference takes place May 3 at Northern IL U. in Naperville
  • National Shared Mobility Summit takes place May 17-18 at InterContinental Hotel

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