Driver who failed to yield fatally struck Yehuala Melkama, 44, in Uptown crosswalk
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Drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk and striking them is sadly a common phenomenon in Chicago.
$287K verdict shows using flimsy posts to “protect” lanes puts cyclists, taxpayers at risk
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Not only do these flimsy installations fail to provide physical protection, they leave taxpayers on the hook for injury lawsuits against the city government when cyclists wipe out on the broken bollards.
Andar en bicicleta en el suroeste con Southwest Collective
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The Collective se enfoca en los vecindarios de Archer Heights, Ashburn, Back of the Yards, Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, Scottsdale, The Lawns y West Elsdon.
Biking on the Southwest Side with Southwest Collective
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The Southwest Side of Chicago is known for its high levels of industry among residential areas. This makes cycling challenging, but come learn about a collective working improve conditions for walking and biking.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 20
| | No Comments- CTA, Pace, Metra, Uber, Lyft, airports lift mask requirements after Pritzker amends state requirement (ABC)
- Help build a transportation platform for Illinois’ gubernatorial election (Active Trans)
- Wilson wants gasoline taxes waived for his next traffic-clogging, polluting mayoral campaign PR stunt (Block Club)
- Yehuala Melkama, 44, fatally struck in Uptown by driver who failed to yield while turning (Sun-Times)
- Cattle-hauling truck driver critically injured in crash on I-80 near Joliet, cattle left roaming highway (NBC)
- GoFundMe started for family of Christian Ruiz, 30, who died after being shot and crashing car into Little Village store
- CPD, CTA respond to letter from Garcia, Durbin on transit crime (ABC)
- How can Chicago suburbs become more walkable and bike-friendly? (Active Trans)
- Truman College hosts #OneTRU Community 3rd Annual Bike Ride Saturday 4/23 at 9 AM
- Happy 4/20 Day. Streetsblog USA asks, “Can we stop stoned driving without ending car dependency?”
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The NDLSD planning process is an opportunity to create a better future. Will IDOT do so?
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"We’re really at a crucial point in the history of humanity when we can make a real bold decision to have a better future. We should seize the moment.”
Chicago seeks input for Better Streets for Buses plan: “The people who ride buses matter”
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But will the initiative get shelved like Ashland BRT, or watered down like Loop Link due to pushback from drivers and merchants, plus bureaucratic inertia?
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 19
| | No Comments- Bike Lane Uprising discusses how West Loop median removal contributed to bike injury crash (Block Club)
- After federal mask mandate struck down, CTA, Metra, aviation dept. say they will still require masks (ABC)
- Male driver, 26, killed after being ejected from vehicle during rollover crash in Plato Township
- Man, 71, injured after SUV driver crashed through fence and into Kenwood building Monday afternoon
- A driver, 38, crashed into a bus stop after being shot in North Lawndale Tuesday morning, police said (ABC)
- Man in his 50s shot by someone in a vehicle while riding a bicycle in East Garfield Park (Fox)
- Unauthorized person on tracks near Thorndale snagged CTA Red, Purple lines Monday afternoon (CBS)
- Metra’s 147th/Sibley station in Harvey will close for 1 year+ beginning in May as it undergoes a revamp
- How Ride Illinois helps develop local bike paths and educational programs (Daily Herald)
- Apple Maps adds cycling directions to Chicago, Detroit, more (Justin Obeirne)
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And America’s Best Bus Stop Is …
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After a nail-biting battle between two fantastic New England nominees, Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus Stops contest for 2022.
Cyclist Paresh Chhatrala, 42, died after crash on Madison, where medians were removed
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Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the collision might have been avoided if the city hadn't removed planter medians from the street a couple years ago to facilitate faster driving.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 18
| | No Comments- Clear Path program with 1/2-off traffic tickets for low-income residents has launched (Block Club)
- Otherwise-reasonable Tribune editorial on need for safer, cleaner ‘L’ claims “buses clog streets”
- Driver runs red near 34th/California in Brighton Park, killing female motorist (Fox)
- Driver critically injures man on bike on Madison in West Loop, where planter medians were removed (CBS)
- 5, including 2 CPD officers, hurt during 3-vehicle crash on Dan Ryan in Bridgeport (Tribune)
- Wave of violent CTA crime continues as man struck with bottle on Red Line near Chicago, robbed (NBC)
- Woodlawn Station development plan, including 63rd St. Metra redesign, could hit $1B (Block Club)
- Businesses in Chicago’s Pedway struggle to survive as people slowly return to Loop (ABC)
- Daily Herald looks at plan for 5/3 lifting of federal mask mandate for transit, airplanes
- Tribune: As they hit the road this spring, Fox Valley bicyclists will see new bike lanes, improvements
- ATA honors Banasiak, Duckworth, and Moeller at awards reception 4/28, 5:30-8:30 PM at 167 N. Green
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Chicago needs to ramp up the number of bus stop boarding islands
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Chicago has a problem when it comes to bus stops and bike lanes. Too often when a bus needs to access the curb, it enters the bike lane, cutting off cyclists and also providing a gap in physical bike lane protection that is then abused by drivers who block the bike lane with their cars […]