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April parking rates continued to be disproportionately higher than business activity and pedestrian counts compared to the same date in an average pre-pandemic year.

Loop Alliance April report shows a continued, alarming rise in downtown parking levels

By Sharon Hoyer | May 17, 2021 | No Comments

The report reveals increased personal car use has continued on a distressingly steep rise, even while foot traffic and office building occupancy remained on par or below March levels.

Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 17

By AJ LaTrace | May 17, 2021 | No Comments

Here’s what riders are finding as they return to the CTA and Metra (Tribune)
A look at the CTA’s “When you’re ready, we’re ready” campaign (CTA)
Chicago area traffic is increasing as more people return to driving (ABC 7)
Chicago’s Congressional reps are requesting funds for infrastructure improvements (Daily Herald)
The Lawrence and Berwyn Red Line stations will be closed for the next three years (Fox 32)
My Block, My Hood, My City hosting pop-up fashion show on the Red Line (Block Club)
Man charged with planting fake bomb at Bryn Mawr Red Line station (Block Club)
Metra adds bike cars to BNSF and Rock Island lines (NBC Chicago)
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On April 13, a police chase ended with a crash in West Town that injured seven people. Image: CBS Chicago

Police vehicle chases end in crashes two-thirds of the time, according to hacked emails

By Sharon Hoyer | May 17, 2021 | No Comments

In an age of traffic cameras, satellite images, and police body cams, are police vehicle chases necessary?

New Bill Would Help Measure Transportation Access for Non-Drivers

By Kea Wilson | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

A new bill would give U.S. communities money to analyze how easy — or difficult — it is for residents to access the destinations they need mos.t

The last westbound street-running train out of Michigan City's 11th Street station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Goodbye street-running South Shore service in Michigan City, hello double-tracking

By Igor Studenkov | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

Earlier this month, 11th Street station was closed to allow for converting the line into two tracks on separate rights of way.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 14

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

CTA is launching a media and public relations blitz to lure back riders (Crain’s)
CTA to begin work on North Side Red Line stations this weekend (WGN)
CTA board board approves extension of three bus pilots on California and Kedzie routes (Mass Transit)
ISP: 1 dead, 1 hurt in fiery I-294 crash after driver crashes into maintenance truck (ABC)
Shift Transit, led by ex-Divvy manager Eddie Inlow, takes over Millennium bike station (Sun-Times)
Demand for block parties is sky high but city hasn’t started the permitting (Block Club)
Chicago is rapidly losing its signature home, the two-flat, to tear-downs (Block Club)

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Metra is getting bike-friendlier, with new dedicated bike cars on on Rock Island, BNSF lines

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

The cars will be available on both weekend and weekday trains and can be spotted by a blue and grey paint scheme, plus a white bicycle decal next to the outside doors.

Relax, affordable housing plan by Western Brown stop would preserve almost all parking

By Courtney Cobbs | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Developers of an affordable TOD presented their plans to Lincoln Square residents. Numerous NIMBYs oppose the presentation due to unfounded concerns about parking.

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 14

By John Greenfield | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

66% of Chicago police chases in 2019 ended in crashes — 8 of them fatal (Sun-Times)
2 officers, civilian seriously injured in multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday evening (NBC)
Man stabbed in finger during fight on Monroe Red Line platform last night (NBC)
Police release photo of car from fatal hit-and-run crash in Gresham (Sun-Times)
Massive protest for Palestinian rights takes over downtown streets (Block Club)
Lee Bey: Reuse, rather than demolish, fallen cyclist Helmut Jahn’s Thompson Center (Sun-Times)
Rotary Club of Hinsdale returns to give away 100 bikes for military kids (Tribune)

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A previous CDOT "Learn to Ride" class. Photo: CDOT

CDOT is expanding its “Learn to Ride” bike classes for adults this summer

By Courtney Cobbs | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation will be hosting their regular "Learn to Ride" classes along with an advanced level course and a class designed to increase confidence in heavy traffic.

Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center, the start and endpoint of our self-guided bike tour of his works. Photo: John Greenfield

Get your Helmut on: Honor architect and fallen cyclist Jahn with these bike rides

By John Greenfield | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

There are already a few different ways you can pay tribute to Jahn on your bicycle, including a self-guided tour of his downtown designs.

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 12

By John Greenfield | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

CDOT announces plans to pilot Copenhagen-stye bike lanes between road and sidewalk level (Sun-Times)
Metra Chicago ridership rises as more get vaccinated, work downtown (ABC)
Hit-and-run driver critically injured woman, 21, walking across Addison at Janssen (WGN)
Charges expected for teen in stolen car who fatally struck Annette Odneal, 62, in Posen (Tribune)
ATA, MPC weigh in on how to prevent bike-car crashes, like the one that killed Helmut Jahn (Herald)
Bloomerg: Pedestrianizing Chicago’s Fulton Market during COVID-19 has boosted business
Letter: What if we renamed Lake Shore Drive “DuSable Lake Shore Drive”? (Sun-Times)

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