Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about GOGO Charters

Nearly 700 people applied for 50 apartments in Logan all-affordable TOD (Block Club) Metra says its ridership is growing, with over 70,000 riders a day are using its trains this month (Sun-Times) 2 men are in critical condition after driver crashes into Belmont Cragin storefront (Sun-Times) Police release image of jeep who’s driver injured pedestrian, […]

Gov. Pritzker heading to DC to discuss infrastructure plan with leaders (Chicago Tribune) Chicago brings back travel advisory for states with high COVID rates (Block Club) Regional mayors commit to decreasing greenhouse gasses to mitigate climate change (Daily Herald) Another story about Chicago area mayors and the Climate Action Plan (The Hill) CTA drops capacity […]

Suspect charged with fatally stabbing man, 67, during argument on CTA bus neat 86th/Cottage (Tribune) U. of C. student Max Lewis, 20, hit by stray bullet Thursday on Green Line near 51st, has died (Sun-Times) Hit-and-run driver killed U. of I. grad Rosemarie Garza, 22, Sunday on Dan Ryan near 95th (ABC) Man lost wife, […]

Will the Council finally approve DuSable Drive (or “DuSable Lake Shore Drive”) today? (Tribune) Letter equates DuSable, who befriended Native people, with Columbus, who enslaved them (Sun-Times) 2 police officers and a 3rd person injured in LSD car crash near MSI (CBS) Man in good condition after someone cut his neck on Blue Line near […]

CBS: In the first 5 weeks of 6 mph speed tickets, about 400K citations were issued Metra extends $10 All-Day Pass through September (Fox) Residents say hundreds of motorcyclists have been illegally using the 41st Street pedestrian bridge (CBS) Chicago’s water fountains will be turned on this summer, but not for weeks (Block Club) Tribune’s […]

Kevin Clark’s family discusses their campaign to improve safety at the crash site (CBS) Shots fired on Lake Shore Drive led to crash at 31st Street (CBS) Jefferson Park attack is at least the 2nd intentional SUV assault in Chicago in 5 weeks (Block Club) Red Line service suspended several hours after one wheel of […]

CTA is offering discounts on day passes this summer to lure riders back to transit (ABC) Lightfoot, Hopkins, Reboyras use one weird procedural trick to stall DuSable Drive vote (Block Club) Bill seeks to dissolve south suburban transit district, transfer MED commuter lots to towns (Tribune) A 1-year-old girl died following a hit-and-run traffic crash […]

66% of Chicago police chases in 2019 ended in crashes — 8 of them fatal (Sun-Times) 2 officers, civilian seriously injured in multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday evening (NBC) Man stabbed in finger during fight on Monroe Red Line platform last night (NBC) Police release photo of car from fatal hit-and-run crash in Gresham (Sun-Times) Massive protest […]

Lightfoot sets goal to “fully open” Chicago by July 4 (Sun-Times) Chicago’s new summer concert series is only open to fully vaccinated people (Block Club) Video shows SUV driver, 77, slam into West Town bar, narrowly missing pedestrian (ABC) King, residents argue over plan to reverse one-way street in Oakland as a traffic-calming measure (Block […]

Lightfoot launches Chicago Works effort to repair crumbling city infrastructure (WTTW) ATA: Unfortunately, Lightfoot’s plan takes a “business-as-usual approach to transportation” Illinois one of 3 states to lose population in last decade, loses Congressional seat (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed male dirt bike rider, 27, at 83rd and Kimbark in Marynook (ABC) Franklin Park progressing on […]

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 […]

Oak Park police officer, suspect shot and seriously injured during traffic stop (CBS) 2 hurt after driver car hits ambulance crash at Kimball and Addison (WGN) Toddler critically injured in LSD road rage shooting shows signs of recovery, suspect charged (NBC) Two officers in involved in Red Line shooting of Ariel Roman now face firing […]