Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Lipinski, running for reelection, touts his efforts to improve Metra (Sun-Times) IL Senate candidate Ken Thomas voices support for more frequent, affordable Metra (Sun-Times) Bike and pedestrian safety advocate Maggie Trevor is running for the Illinois House (Sun-Times) At least 4 injured in ambulance crash in Marquette Park (Sun-Times) CPD warn about 2 more recent […]

Ahead of Council vote, Lightfoot changes position, supports scaled-back 606 ordinance (Block Club) Loop Alliance, Site Design to release first plan for State Street in 30 years (RE Journals) Driver receives multiple citations after fatally striking male pedestrian by Caldwell Woods (Tribune) Driver fatally struck Ryan Baker, 26, in Yorkville (Tribune) 3 people seriously injured […]

Sun-Times talks to ride-hail drivers, customers on the first day of new tax structure Maldonado, who made $300K on 606 land speculation, calls for 606 development freeze (Tribune) Developers make self-serving argument that the freeze would push gentrification elsewhere (Crain’s) ABC: Vast majority of red light cam tickets issued in suburbs were for right on […]

Lightfoot: Chicagoans saved $11.5 million thanks to city’s sticker debt relief (Block Club) Driver who fatally struck Karen Daniel, 63, in Oak Park received citations (NBC) Legendary Chicago stepper Jannice Robertson, 55, killed in Orland Hills crash (ABC) Driver injured male pedestrian, 39, in Vernon Hills, no citations (Tribune) A-ville neighbors’ push to ban new […]

Schwieterman, Midwest High Speed Rail give Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop scheme side-eye (Tribune) Homeless people displaced by Uptown viaduct bike lanes have returned — city wants them out again (Block Club) Young couple coming home from wife’s birthday party killed in after elderly driver veers into lane (NBC) Driver arrested after striking 2 pedestrians on Lower Wacker […]

Chainlinkers share their experiences biking the Riverview Bridge, want the route extended Long-vacant building off Devon strip will finally be used… as a parking garage (Block Club) Oswego could rework its zoning rules for a ‘vibrant and pedestrian-oriented’ downtown (Tribune) Former LUCHA director Juan Carlos Linares stepping down from job with Lightfoot (Politico) Toys for […]

Unshoveled sidewalks are a barrier to people with disabilities, but city writes few tickets (Tribune) 3 children, 2 adults hospitalized after 2-car crash at 48th and Western (CBS) 2 injured in crash after police chase suspects from NW Indiana to south suburbs (ABC) Chicago man charged with carrying shotgun on Elburn Metra train (KC Chronicle) […]

Sun-Times: Build more protected bike lanes, don’t let aldermen veto them Lightfoot says she’s confident she’s got the votes to pass the new ride-hail tax (Sun-Times) Shared Use Center, UIC, DePaul experts: Lightfoot’s plan is simpler, fairer, more effective (Crain’s) Logan affordable TOD passes zoning committee despite stonewalling by Ald. Lopez (Block Club) The CTA […]

Uber’s lawsuit over fees in Skokie may foreshadow struggle in Chicago (Curbed) 13 megadevelopments that will transform Chicago (Curbed) CTA Red Line trains rerouted to elevated lines after person struck, killed at Harrison (ABC) Delays were expected after hazmat crash in Elgin yesterday (CBS) Robber targets Pink Line riders in Lawndale, police say (Block Club) […]

Chainlink owner Yasmeen Schuller on why race/gender representation matters in bike advocacy Teamster’s union endorses Lightfoot’s ride-hailing tax proposal (Suburban Chicagoland) Man, 48, critically injured after being struck by CTA bus driver at near 79th Red station (WBBM) Photo of 2 people walking on ‘L’ tracks is a reminder of the problem of unauthorized entry […]

Ald. King proposes turning the Drexel bike lanes into parking lanes; community meeting tonight Man visiting from Boston for Chicago Marathon disarms alleged robber on the Blue Line (WGN) Glendale Heights village administrator accused of DUI, hit-and-run (WGN) Chicago pastor is walking to Springfield to support a bill that recognizes “violence as a disease” (Politico) […]

Sun-Times editorial: Let’s make LSD “faster and safer” — no mention of making it less car-centric Ald. Rossana Rodriguez wants to speed up bus service in the 33rd Ward (Active Trans) 50 people joined Active Trans on a walk along the S. branch of the river to discuss planning issues CTA bus driver, 3 passengers […]