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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is hosting a virtual Full-Time Bus Operator Career Fair on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, from Noon to 1 p.m. Click here to register. Here’s where you still need to wear a mask on public transit in the Chicagoland area (NBC 5) Loyola Red Line stop symbolically named for Sister Jean […]

Wilson’s team promises there will be no repeat of last week’s awful gas-giveaway traffic jams this Thursday (Sun-Times) CTA returning to the $4T municipal-bond market after nearly a year to sell debt as yields climb higher (Crain’s) Officials select 3 finalists for billion-dollar Chicago casino project, including plan with pedestrian bridge (NBC) Crain’s podcast looks […]

As CPS goes mask-optional, many stick with masks while others embrace chance to be maskless (Block Club) Logan leaders want federal relief for affordable housing, extended fines for demolitions near 606 (Block Club) Initial details revealed for affordable housing along 63rd Street in Woodlawn (YIMBY) Concrete falls in yet another DLSD bike-ped underpass, this time […]

CTA is getting $118M in American Rescue Plan operations funds, applying for funding for bus electrification CPS lifting mask mandate for students, staff starting next week; CTU is opposed (Block Club) CPD is trying to identify 2 people who allegedly attacked man, stole phone last month at 51st Green stop (WGN) Man breaks 14 windows […]

Local mask mandates lifted today, but per federal rules you still need to wear one on transit (NBC) Driver dies after striking pole on 5-lane stretch of North Ave. in Hermosa, 2 passengers injured (NBC) Chicago police officers injured in North Lawndale crash (ABC) CTA bus catches fire at Washington/State, no reported injuries (CBS) Plowed […]

CTA board approves labor agreement that includes pandemic bonus, efforts to recruit more workers (Tribune) Letter: New federal funding gives CTA chance to make much-needed accessibility improvements (Sun-Times) Lightfoot denies permit to SE Side scrap shredder; company vows to fight on, saying process “hijacked” (Tribune) Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on outbound express lanes of […]

Dorval Carter: CTA will let equity and inclusion drive decisions about service (Sun-Times) 15-year-old boy attacks mother, steals SUV and causes fatal crash in Gary (Sun-Times) Body of Thomas Howe, 24, missing since January car crash, found in Des Plaines River near Libertyville (Tribune) Months after Nicholas Bailey, 30, killed in Roseland hit-and-run, family pleads […]

Illinois traffic deaths spiked by more than 18% in Illinois during the first 9 months of 2021 (Patch) Man drives 2 miles after being shot in Roseland, but later dies; CTA bus also hit by gunfire (CBS) Man who was shot in eye while driving in Irving Park, ran red and crashed into a building […]

This year Chicago’s court-mandated count of homeless population will include those sheltering on CTA (CBS) 2 men died after motorist shot at them near Wilson/Clark, and their car crashed and caught on fire (Block Club) 2 injured after car driver sideswiped pickup truck on 7000 block of South Chicago Ave. (Fox) Pedestrian traffic rerouted after […]

Playgrounds, parks, and a library will get major upgrades after winning $10M in city grants (Block Club) Elgin plans pedestrian improvements on Larkin Ave. near school, funded by gambling taxes (Tribune) What are your most dreaded bike-unfriendly streets, and your favorite cycling routes? (The Chainlink) Head of Chainlinks, student-run bike shop at Loyola, discusses COVID […]

CTA warns of bus, train delays due to surging coronavirus cases, is “actively recruiting” (ABC) Car caravan in support of CTU takes place around City Hall on 4th day of no school for CPS students (Block Club) Stabbing victim crashes car into Ukrainian Village salon while driving to hospital, survives (ABC) Driver charged with felony […]

Hit-and-run driver charged with killing Malinda Massey, 52, who was waiting for bus in Auburn Gresham (ABC) Woman, 76, killed in two-car crash in southwest-suburban Sugar Grove on New Year’s Eve (Tribune) Word-of-mouth bike shop in Evanston garage offers repairs, inclusive space (Evanston Roundtable) Working Bikes gets a shoutout in The Conversation piece about community […]