The Trouble with Today’s Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
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Advocates want the government set to stronger standards for automatic emergency braking systems to ensure they actually work in all road contexts.
Bar owner who posted racist comments is leading fight against affordable TOD
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Spyners owner and Save Lincoln Square petition launcher Maureen Sullivan faced a boycott last year over racist comments about BLM protests.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 11
| | No Comments- ATA supports Rep. Buckner’s bill to block $6.5B in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub
- Michael Reese site primed for $97M sale for development of nearly 7,000 housing units (Block Club)
- Police release images of hit-and-run driver who seriously injured man in 12/6 in Logan (Block Club)
- Pace bus involved in crash on Dan Ryan Expressway at 63rd Street (CBS)
- 47th Ward residents can vote on how to spend $250K in menu money, including bike/bed (Block Club)
- Logan Square Farmers Market vendors look forward to pedestrianization of traffic circle (WTTW)
- Journalist bikes Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica collecting COVID stories (SMDP)
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Tunnel vision: With bike-through bridge houses, Navy Pier Flyover is finally completed
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Aesthetically the span is still a little rough around the edges, but this still marks a major milestone in the history of Chicago cycling infrastructure.
Don’t victim-blame architect Helmut Jahn for his tragic bike crash death
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While Jahn reportedly ran a stop sign on his bike, all the facts of his death aren't clear yet, and he deserves our empathy.
Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 10
| | No Comments- City email dump includes reference to fears of “anarchists” posing as ride-hail drivers during protests
- Mass Transit looks at Chicago’s CTA COVID-19 vaccination bus program
- Teen driver of stolen car struck and killed Annette Odneal, 62, on Mother’s Day, fled (WGN)
- 2 drivers fatally struck Thompson Center architect Helmut Jahn on his bike near St. Charles (Tribune)
- South Side car crash after attempted traffic stop leaves 48-year-old man in critical condition (WGN)
- Bomb scare near Bryn Mawr Red Line station shut down service, streets for more than 2 hours (Block Club)
- The DePaulia looks at the rise of transportation cycling in Chicago
- The Tribune publishes a bunch of anti-DuSable Drive comments from readers
- Tribune’s Zorn on DuSable Drive: “What we’ll lose in tradition we’ll gain in originality”
- From the email trove: What city officials said about Streetsblog staff behind the the scenes
- Moving Freely exhibit highlighting how mobility contributes to racial equity debuts 5/15 in Lawndale
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Massive $73B Bill Would Finally Boost E-Buses
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Two Democratic senators want to give (almost) the same amount of funding to transit agencies to electrify nation’s bus fleet as President Biden promised to private drivers to electrify their cars.
Here are some earmarks Illinois Congressional reps are proposing for walk/bike/transit
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Here are some of the walk/bike/transit-related proposals for the American Jobs Plan from Illinois’ Congressional representatives.
Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 7
| | No Comments- Illinois could fully reopen to “normal” by June 11, Pritzker says (Block Club)
- Metra plans to gradually add more train runs to its schedule as workplaces reopen (CBS)
- Canadian EV maker to build electric buses and trucks at new Joliet factory (Tribune)
- Lake County’s construction program features major intersection and resurfacing work (Tribune)
- Has the CTA been enforcing rush-hour bike bans during COVID-19? (The Chainlink)
- Why it makes sense to rename Lake Shore Drive for Chicago founder DuSable (Wednesday Journal)
- Letter: Sensible policy of requiring vaccination for entry to some concerts is a “disgrace” (Sun-Times)
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Electric slide? CTA says ‘L’ braking system isn’t to blame for wheel flats, noise
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The CTA says its most recent cars don't have electric disc brakes, air brakes weren't a viable option, and much of the reason its trains are noisy has nothing to do with the braking system.
Parking Karens want to block Lincoln Square affordable TOD, advocates fight back
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Fliers claiming Lincoln Square "has a parking deficit of 1,519 spaces" are based on an ancient, absurdly car-centric 1998 study.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 6
| | No Comments- Kam Buckner op-ed against state financing for One Central – read our interview with him here (Crain’s)
- Tribune looks at the snail-like pace of Chicago accessible pedestrian signal installation
- Stevenson Expressway crash near Damen leaves 5 injured, 2 seriously (ABC)
- CPD releases images of suspect from March hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Humboldt Park (Fox)
- WBEZ talks with local officials about why investing in sidewalks is good for the economy
- Des Plaines buys land on Oakton Street for new Metra station (Daily Herald)
- Somebody put buckets of pedestrian safety flags by the Leland/Clark crossing by Chase Park (it wasn’t John)
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