Divvy kicks off West Side expansion with 3,500 bikes, 107 “e-station” parking areas
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When the expansion is completed, the Divvy system will include 16,500 bikes and more than 800 stations.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 9
| | No Comments- Ald. Burnett says West Loop Metra station is happening (Urbanize)
- Hit-and-run driver strikes another vehicle, sending it careening into Evanston living room (CBS)
- Chicago police release photo from Austin hit-and-run that killed motorcyclist on 6/20 (ABC)
- On its 100th anniversary, Beverly Bike & Ski is coping with the nationwide bike shortage (Block Club)
- Metra is offering special service for the Chicago Auto Show (H-F Chronicle)
- Where should you take Chicago visitors (spoiler: biking on the lake)? (Sun-Times)
- A preview of the car-free Sundays on State event, launching this weekend (TOC)
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The CTA touts a ridership rebound with 56% increase since start of 2021
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Since May 1, overall ridership has increased by than 20 percent, and in June, weekday average ridership was more than 600,000, over double the ridership during the darkest days of COVID-19.
Eyes on the street: Rogers Park’s new “Black Lives Matter” Slow Street
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A new Slow Street was recently installed in Rogers Park, including a Black Lives Matter street mural.
CDOT: Direct State/Lake – Red transfer was “impossible,” but wheelchair access will improve
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The project includes two new elevators that will make the wheelchair transfer more convenient than it otherwise would be.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 8
| | No Comments- Biden visits Crystal Lake to tout his plan to support “human infrastructure” (Sun-Times)
- Tribune editorial: Abuse of aldermanic privilege is a “gateway to corruption”
- CPD releases new info about 6/20 hit-and-run in Austin that killed motorcyclist (Tribune)
- Dangerous high waves predicted for the lakefront today (Block Club)
- Chase eyes sites for potential new skyscraper (Chicago Tribune)
- Chicago-based Grub Hub announces plans for AV food delivery robots this fall (Built in Chi)
- Wheel & Sprocket opening brings bikes back to Park Ridge (Journal & Topics)
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I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To
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A person who literally writes about how America needs to end car crashes for a living, caught the latest installment in the “Fast and the Furious” franchise.
Bus lanes aren’t enough: We must transform DuSable Drive into a multimodal boulevard
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We need to reclaim our lakefront and turn it into the truly spectacular green space we deserve. We need to remove the highway through our parks.
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 7
| | No Comments- BGA: Experts say there are few programs to steer child carjackers away from trouble
- 4-month-old girl killed, mother and infant sibling injured in Matteson Crash (NBC)
- 6 injured, including 3 teens, in Loop car-motorcycle crash (ABC)
- Joneisha Ransberry, 38, IDed as one of 3 victims of June 27 car/Metra crash (Beverly Review)
- Several kids set off fireworks in the back of 79th Street bus in South Shore (CBS)
- Daily Herald looks at increased weekday Metra service in McHenry County
- City prepares to clear out Avondale homeless encampment, residents push back (Block Club)
- BOMA’s Lunch on LaSalle car-free Cafe Street event draws a crowd
- Taste of Chicago To-Go kicks off today in Pullman, travels to locations across the city
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If you want a safer transit system, support better mental health services
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Providing all citizens with adequate mental health support is crucial for creating a safer, more peaceful city.
What political realities must we overcome to create a protected bike lane network?
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The Active Transportation Alliance hosted a discussion with North Side aldermen Daniel LaSpata, Andre Vasquez, and Matt Martin.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 6
| | No Comments- Suspect charged with fatally stabbing man, 67, during argument on CTA bus neat 86th/Cottage (Tribune)
- U. of C. student Max Lewis, 20, hit by stray bullet Thursday on Green Line near 51st, has died (Sun-Times)
- Hit-and-run driver killed U. of I. grad Rosemarie Garza, 22, Sunday on Dan Ryan near 95th (ABC)
- Man lost wife, son in crash caused by driver of stolen car last month in Bronzeville (CBS)
- Jeep driver strikes woman and puppy in Humboldt Park crosswalk (CBS)
- Woodland’s Island Terrace apartments will stay affordable under new owner (Block Club)
- A new project looks at the history of centuries of displacement in Uptown (Block Club)
- Black Heroes Matter celebrates the renaming of DuSable Drive (Sun-Times)
- Former anti-bike troll John Kass rants about DuSable name change as “pathetic virtue signaling”
- Supply issues make for rocky road for bike store owners, riders in Fox Valley (Tribune)
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