Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Cyclist Carlos D. Ocana-Castillo, 21, in West Englewood (Sun-Times) Man Drove Into Back of CTA Bus Killing Male Passenger, 22, in Englewood (Sun-Times) Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Pushing Senior Onto Tracks at Morse (CBS) Driver Critically Injured Male Pedestrian, 51, in Austin Friday Afternoon (Tribune) Man Groped Female Passenger on […]

Editorial: Chicago-Area Red Light Cam Programs Need More Oversight (Tribune) Podcast: Journalists, Including Natalie Moore, Look at Chicago Segregation Issues (Reveal) Driver Struck Woman, 55, in Winnetka Crosswalk, Cited for Failure to Yield (Tribune) $20M Settlement Advances in Off-Duty Cop’s DUI Case (Tribune) Security Footage Leads to Three Arrests in Pedway Robbery Cases (Tribune) CTA […]

Active Trans’ Platform for the Gubernatorial Race Prioritizes IDOT Reform, Transit Man, 46, Dies After Crashing His Car Into a Wall in River North (Tribune) Active Trans Pushes for a Safer Logan Boulevard, Including Bike Lanes on Main Road Curbed Looks at Elon Musk’s Fantasy of a Hyperloop Route From Chicago to Cleveland New Sidewalk […]

UIC Researchers: O’Hare Express Is “A Flashy Solution in Search of a Problem” (Crain’s) CTA Has Reached Tentative Deal With Train Operators, Others, Including Raises (Tribune) Woman Killed When Carjacker Crashes Stolen Taxi in River North (Tribune) Driver Charged With 6th DUI in Aurora After Crashing Twice Within 5 Minutes (Tribune) Man in Custody After […]

More Info on the 4 Potential O’Hare Express Bidders (Crain’s) McCarthy Accuses Emanuel of Being Asleep at the Wheel on Carjacking Spike (Sun-Times) Grist: Top Divvy Rider Kerdia Roland Is an Outside-the-Box Climate Change Fighter Active Trans Talks With Crystal Lake Trail Advocate Eberhardt Veit Metra CEO: Taking Transit to the Auto Show Lets You […]

68,832 “Active Registered” Ride-Hailing Trips Were Taken in Chicago in December (Tribune) Ventra App Glitch Coincides With Metra Fare Hike (Tribune) Red and Brown Line Trains Delayed at Belmont After Body Found on Tracks (Sun-Times) Driver Charged With DUI for Elgin Crash That Killed His Passenger (Sun-Times) Woman Robbed While Riding a Divvy Bike in […]

CTA Unveils Preferred Route for South Red Line Extension Today (CBS) Active Trans’ Ron Burke Does a Postmortem on the Oak Park Divvy Program The Baffler Looks at the Problem With “Distracted Pedestrian” Laws Sterling Bay Announces Plans for 4 New High Rises Near Green Line in West Loop (Curbed) Wisconsin’s Anti-CTA Ad Campaign “Insults the […]

Ride-Hailing Helped Cause Double-Digit Drops in Weekend ‘L’ Train Ridership (Crain’s) Would Landing the Amazon HQ Cause Mass Displacement in Chicago? (Tribune) Cultural Landscape Foundation: The Obama Center Would Destroy Jackson Park (Dezeen) CTA Bus Driver Struck Woman in 100 Block of West Division in Old Town (Sun-Times) Man Charged With Arson, Battery After Setting […]

Tribune Editorial Calls for Expanding Divvy Access and Use Into Transit Deserts South Side Weekly Looks at Oboi Reed’s Plans for Equiticity 4 Injured, Including Bus Driver, When Car T-Bones CTA Bus (NBC) Overhead Wire Issues Disrupt Service on the South Shore Line (Sun-Times) Niles Police Enforce “No Texting Tuesday” Distracted Driving Crackdown (Tribune) What […]

After Community Pressure, Obama Foundation Agrees to Move OPC Garage Off Midway (Reader) Redevelopment of Morton Salt Site on Elston Will Include New Riverwalk Section (Tribune) 2 Children Ejected From Car, 1 Killed After Crash in Canaryville (NBC) City College Headquarters at 226 W. Jackson Will Be Converted to Apartments (Tribune) TOD Planned for 3300 […]

Metropolitan Planning Council’s “Proudest Moments” of 2017 Cyclist Clarence D. Walton, 49, Fatally Struck by Metra Train in South Shore (CBS) The Tribune’s Map of Chicago Ghost Bikes Has Been Updated Why Didn’t Police Didn’t Publicize Search for Assailant in Red Line Pushing Case? (Tribune) Tribune Looks at Upcoming Fare Hikes and Road Projects Someone […]