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Feds are investigating 2020 police shooting of Ariel Roman, stopped for walking between ‘L’ cars (NBC) Activist Andrew Holmes hurt when CTA driver runs red, hitting 2 vehicles in Bronzeville (ABC) Fire at Brighton Park paper plant shut down Kedzie Orange Line station (CBS) Crystal Lake man missing after boarding Metra train to Chicago (Patch) […]

Cafe Streets, including grants for biz participation, and Slow Streets are coming back (Block Club) Riverdale officer in serious condition after driver runs red, striking their vehicle (NBC) Suspected intoxicated driver rear-ended ambulance in East Garfield, no injuries (ABC) California and Diversey in Logan Square are getting buffered bike lanes, bump-outs (Block Club) CBS looks […]

Metra supports $6.5 billion in state financing for dubious One Central transit hub proposal (Crain’s) Community “living room” and food hub planned in Englewood includes new plaza (Architect’s Newspaper) Judge could block General Iron metal scrapper permit as soon as next month (Block Club) What if ward maps were drawn “for Chicagoans, by Chicagoans’ instead?” […]

House Transportation Committee advances bills on IDOT transparency, equitable funding (Herald) Schwieterman, Sposato praise the new 6 mph speed cam threshold (WTTW) Car driver dies after crash with trucker in Naperville (NBC) 5 injured, including 3 children, after driver flips vehicle near LSD/Marquette (Sun-Times) Woman arrested for 2 carjackings, 1 of which involved driving off […]

Lightfoot defends raising bridges during civil unrest, IG report condemns it (Block Club) Sun-Times: It appears the Chicago lakefront east of Lake Shore Drive is finally reopening Jeep driver veers off road in Rolling Meadows, killing 4 in stopped car, including boy, 6 (WGN) Woman, 3 children injured in rollover Lake Shore Drive crash near […]

2 killed, 2 seriously injured after car plunges 70 feet off Stevenson, landing on Archer Ave. (ABC) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured Alexandra Betzel on her bike at Kimball/Addison in Avondale (WGN) Man’s leg stuck between Brown Line train and platform while exiting train, delaying service (CBS) Here’s ATA’s writeup of their Transit Equity Day forum […]

Obama center, including pedestrianized streets, will break ground this summer (NBC) CTA operators union applauds new federal mask mandate (Sun-Times) Police chase that started in Chatham led to a carjacking, 2 crashes (ABC) Historic Long Grove covered bridge crashed into for the 13th time (Tribune) 3 people robbed at CTA Blue Line stations in Logan […]

CPS tells all students to stay home Wednesday as teachers prepare for potential strike (Block Club) Plan to block apartment buildings from being deconverted along 606 and in Pilsen advances (Block Club) Downtown leaders discuss challenges of reduced foot traffic in Loop during COVID (WTTW) Man stabbed in throat with box cutter, robber on Red […]

Under state crime bill, motorists would not lose license for unpaid traffic cam tickets (ProPublica) 8 injured, including 3 children, in Lake Shore Drive crash at North Ave. (ABC) Driver strikes 2 twin brothers, 14, on skateboards in Elgin, seriously injuring them (NBC) Map: After a record year for carjacking in Chicago, the trend is […]

CPS students returning to schools; parents weigh safety against education needs (Tribune) Courtney Key, 25, a Black trans woman was found dead, shot and dragged by a driver (Tribune) Chicago carjackings more than double in Chicago during 2020, police say (Tribune) 3 teens charged after crashing carjacked vehicle on Near West Side: police (Sun-Times) Cardenas […]

City of Chicago seeks input on redesign of Western between Addison and Howard Some “people wiping out on the LFT and getting soaked with freezing water” porn from ABC Park District postpones in-person programming due to COVID-19 (Block Club) Pedicab Dan will pick up your old Christmas tree and recycle it (WTTW) Physical activity, including […]

$2.3B Red Line extension made “significant” step toward securing about $1B in fed funds (Sun-Times) Driver who ran red in Ukrainian Village, killing Louis Uddin, 33, charged with homicide, DUI (Sun-Times) After nearly being struck, Wisniewski discusses Chicago’s worsening traffic safety situation (Tribune) 12 car windows on 1 block smashed by vandal in West Ridge […]