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ATA, MPC, and Lyft: To avoid post-COVID carpocalypse, walk/bike/transit-friendly streets needed (Sun-Times) CTA, Pace, and Metra release new, updated Ventra App Metra: No cuts in weekend service are currently planned (Daily Herald) IPD: Since Metra ridership has been down during COVID, they should gut the system Plans for Chicago to Rockford passenger rail service gain […]

Metra director Romayne C. Brown will become the first Black woman to lead the board (Herald) Person killed after running into traffic on I-290 after police stop for alleged carjacking (CBS) Yellow Line trains were stopped last night after a “medical emergency” in Skokie (Sun-Times) Multiple female pedestrians report being groped by man on bike […]

1 dead, 1 injured after Dan Ryan motorcycle crash throws pair onto 47th Street tracks (ABC) Driver charged with DUI after reportedly injuring 2 CPD officers in Englewood (Sun-Times) Young male on bike reportedly injured by SUV driver near Halsted/Archer (BLU) Black cyclist who was harassed on Winnetka pier returns for a welcome ride (Tribune) […]

Marz brewing owner’s BLM display smashed by ‘jagoffs’ outside Bridgeport art gallery (Block Club) City of Chicago will conduct “public safety drill” downtown this evening, disrupting traffic Carjacking and chase ends in rollover crash on the Stevenson (CBS) What the city, park district are doing to shore up infra along lakefront and beyond (WTTW) Albany […]

City lifts restrictions to Loop bridges, streets, CTA stops (Sun-Times) Letter from ATA: Shutting down transit is unfair to Chicagoans who need it most (Sun-Times) Chicagoland transit’s fate tied to trust — and probably federal cash (Sun-Times) Longtime Little Village nut vendor Jose Almanza, 67, killed by driver fleeing police (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed Radame […]

BIPOC rights activists cheer after Lightfoot removes Columbus statues, Miegs Field-style (Block Club) The history of the the statue, including Mussolini’s involvement (Block Club) ATA bus fellows deliver transit-related budget requests to City Council West Side community leaders discussed COVID transportation issues with ATA Person shot and killed, another injured near Howard stop in Evanston […]

4 companies (Bird, Lyft, Spin, and Wheels) applied for 3 slots in upcoming scooter pilot (WTTW) Metra to begin long-planned construction of Edgewater station in fall (Tribune) Driver ran from Dan Ryan crash that sent man falling 45 feet over retaining wall (Sun-Times) Tollway wants Western Springs, Hinsdale to pick design for new ped bridge […]

Findings from ATA’s listening tour of 100+ community leaders and public officials Quarantine order kicks in for travelers from states with skyrocketing COVID cases (Sun-Times) Illinois State Police seek driver who injured pedestrian in hit-and-run on I-290 (NBC) I-55 was shut down in both directions near Braceville after 5-vehicle crash (NBC) Woman, 28, robbed on […]

Driver charged in hit-and-run death of Issac Martinez, 13, on bike, 2nd vigil held (Sun-Times) Hit-and-run driver injured boy, 2, in Park Manor (CBS) Op-ed in Missouri paper victim blames Chicago cyclists hit by right-turning truckers (RDN) 2 CTA employees fired after video surfacing showing driver body-slamming passenger (CBS) A good problem to have: Local […]

Driver charged with homicide, DUI for Gresham crash that killed friend Caleb White, 26 (Sun-Times) Aurora man charged with DUI that left both drivers trapped in cars (Tribune) Metra endangers workers with lax COVID policy, union for track workers charges (Crain’s) Heart of Italy strip on Oakley is now a Cafe Street, 5 other corridors […]

CTA and Pace are resuming front boarding, fare collection as ridership slowly increases (Tribune) CDOT: 30 miles of new bikeways are planned this year, half of them on South Side (Tribune) Last month Active Trans’ advocacy team started  listening tour with more than 100 stakeholders Woman, daughter return to scene to thank Good Samaritans from […]

Tribune editorial: “Any push to cut the size of the Police Department… is counterproductive” Video shows CPD squad car rolling over girl, 16, in Roseland during protests (The Tribe) Police oversight agency investigating chase that killed Guadeloupe Francisco-Martinez (Tribune) Editorial: The high-speed chase that killed Martinez should never have happened (Tribune) CTA passengers say there’s […]