Headlines for Tuesday, June 22

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  • Transit Center analysis highlights racial disparities in Chicago area transit access (ATA)
  • Power storm had little effect on Metra, none on CTA (Tribune)
  • ATA: Why Congress must deliver ongoing operations support for Chicago-area transit
  • WSJ piece on Roscoe Ave. retail challenges highlights Roscoe Village Bikes
  • New teen bike program Take Bike the Streets launched in Gary (Tribune)
  • Meet the Rat Patrol bike gang, chopping up cycles and building new creations (WTTW)
  • ATA launches petition to fix Logan/Western and make streets safer for people biking citywide

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Today’s Headlines for Monday June 21

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  • 1 dead, 3 injured after hit-and-run driver strikes another car at 39th and State (ABC)
  • Driver critically injured male pedestrian on Route 120 in Wauconda Township (CBS)
  • Man, 34, caught in crossfire and critically wounded while riding bike in South Shore (WGN)
  • CPD: Assailants on Divvies who attacked man, stole his bike, suspected in multiple assaults (CBS)
  • 5 new things at Metra, and a look at the railroad’s never-ending conflict with Union Pacific (Herald)
  • Upscale development planned near Villa Park Metra station (Herald)
  • Cycling Without age takes local seniors on e-assist tri-shaw rides (ABC)
  • Hopkins: My poll (showing most residents aren’t opposed to DuSable Drive) is scaring aldermen (Sun-Times)
  • Former anti-bike troll John Kass has left the Chicago Tribune (Robert Feder)
  • About 300 people participated in the Juneteenth Freedom Ride (Sun-Times)
  • Here’s the schedule for ATA’s Bike Week, including rally for PBLs at Thompson Center on 6/25

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 18

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  • After hit-and-run driver injured Oscars Olivares, 27, in Avondale, neighbors are raising money for him (Block Club)
  • 13-year-old boy shot in leg while riding bike in West Pullman (Sun-Times)
  • Group of people of Divvy bikes attack man on bike at Madison/Wabash, steal his cycle (CBS)
  • New service offers by-the-month scooter rentals, advocates say more PBLs are needed (Tribune)
  • Letter: Rename Grant Park for DuSable instead of LSD (Sun-Times)
  • Chicago cyclist attempts world record bike ride around Lake Michigan (ABC)
  • Here’s a guide to local bike routes from the Daily Herald

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 17

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  • As of Tuesday, Metra had more than 56,637 passenger trips, a post-COVID high (Sun-Times)
  • Daily Northwestern looks at changes to Evanston Metra Union Pacific North line service
  • CPD: Speeding driver, 19, died after crashing into guardrail on LSD near North Ave. (ABC)
  • One driver flipped over, another vehicle caught fire in a crash on Garfield near the Ryan (CBS)
  • Vaccine shots now offered at some CTA stations, including Pfizer for those 12 and up (ABC)
  • Ald. Moore filed notice to say he’ll call for a vote on DuSable Drive at 6/23 Council meeting (WBEZ)
  • Ex-Tribune transportation reporter Wisniewski: Honor DuSable by shrinking LSD to human scale

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 16

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  • CBS: In the first 5 weeks of 6 mph speed tickets, about 400K citations were issued
  • Metra extends $10 All-Day Pass through September (Fox)
  • Residents say hundreds of motorcyclists have been illegally using the 41st Street pedestrian bridge (CBS)
  • Chicago’s water fountains will be turned on this summer, but not for weeks (Block Club)
  • Tribune’s Eric Zorn looks at the racial divide in support for DuSable Drive
  • The Bronzeville Freedom Ride takes place on Juneteenth at noon at Wintrust Arena
  • Historical society of OPRF to host Juneteenth bike tour across Oak Park (Tribune)

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