Eyes on the Street: Navy Pier Flyover nears completion
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Work on the trail where it tunnels through the bridge houses on the east side of the bridge was expected to be complete this month, weather permitting.
Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus
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How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 20
| | No Comments- Metra CEO Jim Derwinski and Pace director Rocky Donahue discuss future of suburban transit (ATA)
- Driver killed after striking tree in Elmwood park, 2 passengers critically injured (Tribune)
- Kayden Swann, toddler shot in LSD road rage case, is out of intensive care (Block Club)
- Data shows Western Springs RLCs are working, suburb moves to extend contract (Tribune)
- Romina Castillo wants to make room at the planning table for new perspectives (ATA)
- Plan Commission approves TOD with 210 units, 32 affordable near Ashland ‘L’ station (Block Club)
- Overhaul of Kenwood Academy will replaces a parking lot with green space (Block Club)
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Get your electric kicks on Route 66: Test-riding one of the Chicago Avenue e-buses
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Customers seem to love the smoother, quieter ride on the new buses, so much so that some of them said they'd be willing to pay a higher fare to help electrify the whole fleet.
Union Pacific finally caves, agrees to start collecting fares on Metra trains again
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Was it really safety that motivated Union Pacific to refuse to have its conductors collect fares until long after conductors on Metra-controlled lines went back to walking the trains, or rather a desire to force Metra to the bargaining table?
Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 19
| | No Comments- Metra confirms that Union Pacific conductors will start collecting fares again on June 1
- Questions emerge about One Central transit hub and whether state is interested in backing it (Sun-Times)
- 2 children among 4 hurt in Lake Shore Drive crash at 33rd Street (Sun-Times)
- Metra BNSF trains delayed after vehicle driver strikes Halsted bridge near Union Station (Sun-Times)
- CPD: Passenger fired gunshot at CTA bus driver and fled before being arrested (Tribune)
- Daily Herald bike columnist looks at Ride Illinois’ safety quizzes for drivers, cyclists
- Evanston is seeking input on the Oakton Street corridor study with a new survey
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Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide
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France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes.
How will new Chicagoland stimulus transit cash be spent? We won’t know until fall
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When it comes to transit funding from the most recent federal COVID-19 stimulus package, the common sentiment from transit agencies in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana can be summed up as “wait and see.”
Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 16
| | No Comments- Despite rumors, river bridges haven’t been lifted during peaceful protests over Adam Toledo shooting (CBS)
- Woman killed while trying to make a U-turn at Monroe/Western, 3 injured (Sun-Times)
- GoFundMe launched for family of Agata Gortz, fatally struck by bus driver while jogging in Palos Hills
- Survey: Should speed bumps be installed on Barry Avenue between Kimball and Kedzie? (Block Club)
- Chicago Loop Alliance discusses plans for Open Streets on State Street (ABC)
- South Shore Line’s bikes on trains program have returned (ABC 57)
- Preservationists roll out plan to save workers cottages in Logan and elsewhere (Block Club)
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RTA survey: Most people who stopped commuting by transit during COVID plan to return
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About 80 percent of respondents who weren't riding buses and trains on a frequent basis said they planned to to return to their pre-pandemic commuting habits once worries about the coronavirus ease.
Steep rise in downtown parking rate may foreshadow personal car use hitting crisis levels
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The Chicago Loop Alliance's March downtown activity report showed vehicle parking rates skyrocketed as the weather warmed and pandemic restrictions loosened.
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 15
| | No Comments- As Chicago braces for protests over police shootings, CPD makes new rules for handling crowds (Tribune)
- Protect Our Parks files new lawsuit seeking to stop Obama Center’s construction In Jackson Park (Block Club)
- 2 pedestrians have been struck and killed by Metra trains near Round Lake this week (L&MCS)
- Residents react to death of pedestrian at IDOT-controlled Logan Square intersection (Block Club)
- 100 mph chase after Indiana shoplifting suspects ends with crash in East Side neighborhood (Tribune)
- Metra releases ambitious 2021 infrastructure repair/construction agenda (RT&S)
- Plan to stop “rogue” tow truckers from preying on crash victims stalls in committee (Block Club)
- Bikes for Belmont Cragin ride on 5/15 celebrates upcoming arrival of Divvy, advocates for bike lanes
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