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LSD Is Reduced From 8 to 4 Lanes for Repaving, Chicago Doesn’t Grind to a Halt (Tribune) Driver Fatally Struck Jake Brummitt, 18, in South Barrington (Sun-Times) Man Charged in Stabbing at 95th Street Red Line Station (CBS) Metra Trains Snarled at Union Station After Signal Problems (Tribune) Feds Warn Amtrak Not to Discriminate Against […]

After 2nd Crash at Madison/Halsted, Sun-Times Says Chicago Is Not Bike-Friendly Tribune Editorial: Chicago Needs to Start Planning for a Driverless Future The Tribune Looks Into Beale & Burke’s Proposal to Cap Number of Ride-Share Drivers Man Charged With Aggravated DUI in Fatal Schaumburg Crash (ABC7) Woman Stabbed Several Times Near Clark/Division Red Line Entrance (ABC) […]

After Trucker Killed Cyclist, Bike Advocates Call for More Side Guards (Sun-Times) …Others Blame the Tragedy on Bottleneck Caused by Construction Site (CBS) Driver Who Fatally Struck Lorenzo Bryant, 37, Wanted on Homicide Charges (Sun-Times) Active Trans Releases Recommendations for Fixing Logan/Western Curbed Checks Out the Car2Go Pilot Fast Facts About the CTA (CBS) Active Trans‘ […]

Emanuel Announces $10M Overhaul of Riverwalk From State Street to the Lake (Tribune) Protesters Took Over LSD, Streets of Lakeview During Anti-Violence March (Tribune) Gazette Chicago Gloats Over the Fact that the Ashland BRT Is Indefinitely Back-Burnered After Death of Luster Jackson, Support for Protected Bike Lanes on Stony (Block Club) Ex-Forest Preserve Worker Indicted […]

Activists Discuss Plans to Take Over N. Lake Shore Drive Next Week (WTTW) Nearly a Third of City Property Taxes Is Diverted Into TIFs (Tribune) Lawmakers Question Possible Conflicts of Interest in Tollway Contracts (Tribune) Driver Who Killed Alyssa Lendino, 16, in Wheeling Was Fleeing Another Crash (Tribune) CCME: Ambulance Driver in Fatal Bellwood Crash […]

Victim of Cragin Hit-and-Run Identified as Longtime Local Florist Alberto Zavala (ABC) Blue Line Trains Delayed by Anti-Theft Device Thrown on the Tracks at Logan (Tribune) 606 & Low Line Proposal Counted as 2 of 9 “Linear Parks That Transformed Cities” (Curbed) A Roundup of Recently Installed Public Art (Curbed) Groups Are Using Active Trans […]

During Metra Pricing Experiment, Some Long-Haul Riders Will Get a Fare Break (Herald) 2 Stabbed, 1 Fatally, After Argument on CTA Bus in Washington Park (Tribune) Drunk Driver Who Caused Minor Injury to Another Motorist Gets 5 Years (Sun-Times) Red Line Service Delayed by Police Activity at Grand Ave. Station (Tribune) Bike 4 Belmont-Cragin Ride […]

After Months of Rumors, Jump Is Finally Joining the DoBi Pilot With up to 250 Bikes (Tribune) Pfleger Rejects Police Plea to Move 7/7 Anti-Violence March off the Dan Ryan (Sun-Times) Family of Cop Who Died, Killed Another Driver While Fleeing Police Is Suing City (Tribune) CTA Employee in Critical Condition After Falling on Tracks […]

Tribune: Housing Funds Have Mostly Been Steered Away From Gentrifying Neighborhoods Emanuel Proposes Subsidized Loans for Multiunit Buildings With 20% Affordable Units (WBEZ) Remembering Diana Lampsa, 66, Killed Wednesday by Driver Fleeing Police (Tribune) Flooding Halts CTA Yellow Line Trains (CBS) Mundelein Gets Ready for $90K Storage Units Called “Garage Condominiums” (Tribune) How Businesses Benefit When […]

Turning Driver Fatally Struck Male Cyclist, 41, on 600 Block of N. Erie (Sun-Times) Good Samaritan Saved the Life of WTTW’s Elizabeth Brackett After Bike Injury (Sun-Times) Can Musk Build O’Hare Express for Less That Half the Price of $2.3 B Red Lne Extension? (Crain’s) Metra Pays the Price for Being Frugal (Crain’s) Metra to […]

Reps From Active Trans, CMAP, and Planetarium Discuss Commuter Challenge (WBEZ) Homeless Advocates Say They’ll Keep Fighting for the Right to Camp on City Streets (Reader) Chicago’s Most Famous Urban Planner Now Has His Own Musical (Sun-Times) Pranksters Place a Single LimeBike in Every Parking Spot at Their Rockford School (RRStar) A Guide to This […]

The Biking & Walking Safety Education Bill is in the Home Stretch (Active Trans) Cahill: “Sharing Economy” Enterprises Need to Be Regulated Like Businesses (Crain’s) Mans Gets 3 Years for Motorcycle DUI Crash That Killed His Fiancee (Tribune) Can Dockless and Station-Based Bike-Share Program Coexist? (Curbed) Divvy Glitch Sends International Visitors Eager to Rent Bikes […]