Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Concerns — and campaign plans — mount as Chicago’s remap battle drags on (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver injured man, 41, in Chesterton walking in street because sidewalk was unplowed (NWI Times) Tommy Howe, 24, is missing after wandering into forest preserve following car crash in north suburbs (News Nation) Dan Ryan southbound lanes blocked Wednesday […]

Transit rider’s union launches on Transit Equity Day this Friday 8 AM at Forest Park branch Western stop In reelection bid, Pritzker says he will suspend plan to raise gas tax to keep up with inflation (Sun-Times) Alderpeople emerged from ward remap negotiations Sunday without a compromise (Block Club) Activists calling for CTA work stoppage to […]

Hit-and-run driver killed retired police officer Richard Haljean, 57, as he crossed Edison Park street (ABC) Driver fatally struck Alyssa Charles, 24, in North Chicago and fled the scene (Daily Herald) Carjacker stole Jeep with 2 young girls inside in West Ridge, crashed, children were unhurt (ABC) There have been 2 cases of Metra trains […]

CPS Teachers narrowly approve school reopening deal, but COVID-19 safety concerns linger (Block Club) UIC researcher Stacey Sutton discusses the findings of her speed camera report (ABC) Mark A. Molitoris, 45, fatally struck by a driver in Joliet (Patch) 4 people shot near 63rd/King Green Line station Wednesday night (WGN) A driver crashed through the […]

Activist asks CTA unions to shut down the system if Jason Van Dyke isn’t federally charged (Fox) No school Thursday as CPS, union standoff continues over in-person learning (Block Club) Police release photos of Jeep whose driver killed pedestrian at Belmont/Menard on NYE (WGN) Police: Female motorist killed in Antioch after veering into path of […]

Multiple downtown bridges will be closed, streets pedestrianized for NYE fireworks display (City of Chicago) 2 Garfield Park stops kept the most riders during 1st year of COVID, Merchandise Mart saw highest drop (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed Ian Clark, 41, as he walked across 5-lane road in Des Plaines (NBC) No serious injuries, long delays […]

RTA board approves 2022 budget and 2022-2026 capital program (Mass Transit) Op-ed: Integrating Metra Electric with ‘L’ system could help revitalize south lakefront (Crain’s) Tribune columnist questions major raises for CTA, Metra chiefs during time of low ridership Speeding driver strikes tree in 900 block of W. Pershing in Oakland, dies in fiery crash (Sun-Times) […]

SBC reader Sam Brunson discusses his daughter’s near-death biking experience with a reckless driver (Tribune) Logan Square residents discuss the boulevard Slow Street and diverter pilot: good idea, sloppy execution (Block Club) Metra is introducing new $6 day pass will be valid for unlimited rides within 3 zones beginning 2/1 (Tribune) The city’s first affordable […]

Infra bill will accelerate push to make remaining 42 CTA stations ADA-accessible (Tribune) Man who fell from platform of Armitage/Western Blue station has died (NBC) Male pedestrian, 50, was struck and killed  on Dan Ryan near 47th Street Tuesday morning (CBS) After long delay on S. Red Line, driver who left booth was kicked in […]

CDOT marked World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims with a CAN-TV segment Suspect in Waukesha parade murders was out on $1,000 bail for running over a woman on 11/2 (CNN) Jeep driver killed Mekhi Sutton, 1, by rear-ending SUV he was traveling in at N. Chicago stoplight (Herald) Metra ticket machine contract aims […]

More coverage of the Belmont Flyover debut (CBS, Block Club, Crain’s, ABC, Tribune, Sun-Times) People driving on West Side are most likely to be pulled over, but 94% of stops don’t lead to tickets (Block Club) City Council approves $2M settlement for death of Julia Lynn Callaway, 55, as result of police chase (CBS) Marquette […]

Sun-Times editorial endorses proposal to widen the Eisenhower Expressway Chicagoland road builders are licking their chops at the prospect of more infra bill-funded biz (Crain’s) New 7000 Series railcars spotted on the Brown Line (RTA Memes) Leaders of Black and Latino caucuses endorse proposal for majority-Asian ward in Chinatown (Block Club) Man honored after pulling […]