Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

More Coverage of the Illinois Infrastructure and Transportation Bill (Tribune, Sun-Times, CBS, Curbed) Details on the Metra Extension Into Kendall County That Will Be Funded by the Infra Bill (Tribune) Absurd Sun-Times Column Compares the Infrastructure Bill to Trickle-Down Economics Niles Sends Metra a New Study Advocating for a New Stop on Metra’s MD-North Line […]

CTA Will Close Lawrence, Berwyn Stops for 3+ Years During Red & Purple Modernization (Tribune) Young Father Killed, 2 Wounded, in Late-Night Shooting on the Bloomingdale Trail (Tribune) CPD Officers Blamed for “Reckless Behavior” in Crash Death of Verona Gunn, 84, in Austin (Tribune) 5 Injured in Garfield Crash, Including 2 Young Children (Sun-Times) 10 […]

Lightfoot Wants to Maintain Civil Relationship With Trump for the Sake of Transpo Grants (WaPo) Dorval Carter Is Staying on as CTA President Under the New Administration (Tribune) Hit-and-run Driver Fatally Struck Cleo Andrews, 41, Near Chicago State University (NBC) Police Are Trying to ID Woman in Her 20s Whom Driver Struck in Rogers Park […]

Joravsky: One Central’s “Transit Center” Is Just a Way for Developer to Get a Free Platform (Reader) Mayor Leon Rockingham of North Chicago Is Advocating for Bike/Ped Funding (Active Trans) Man Arrested for Attacking CTA Rider at Blue Line’s Austin Stop With Screwdriver, Bottle (Tribune) Boy, 14, Charged With Shooting Two Men at Red Line’s […]

The City Is Breaking Ground on the New Damen Green Stop (For a 2nd Time) (ABC) Still More Dockless Scooter Pilot Coverage (Block Club, Curbed, Tribune [Cartoon], American Inno) CBJ: Blue Line Shutdowns Will Happen While O’Hare People Mover Is Inoperative Indiana’s Republican Gov Pulls the Plug on Chicago-Indy Amtrak Service, Ends June 30 (Tribune) CPD […]

“Wild Mile” Could Build Bike/Ped Paths Between North and Chicago by 2020 (Block Club) NTSB Will Investigate Beach Park Tanker Leak That Sickened Dozens of People (Star Tribune) BMW Driver Says He Fatally Shot Alleged Carjacker in Self-Defense (Tribune) Janice Meyer, 67, Died in Single-Car Crash in Des Plaines (Sun-Times) 4 Officers Injured After Squad […]

Family of Virginia Murray, Killed by Trucker While Riding Divvy, Awarded $5.25M (Crain’s) Maria Mazanka, 90, Killed After Driver Makes Improper Left in Clearing (Sun-Times) Driver Strikes Logan Square Apartment Building, No Injuries (Sun-Times) CTA Driver: Police Ordered Crowd of “Unruly” Teens to Board His Bus at 59th/Cottage (CBS) Metra Ad Campaign Will Raise Awareness […]

Source: Train Operator’s Mistake, Overcorrection Blamed for Blue Line Derailment (CBS) Trucker Charged for Crash That Killed Trooper Brooke Jones-Story (CBS) Ride-Hailing Driver Charged for Collision With Unmarked Police Car (Sun-Times) Police Chase for Possession of Stolen Car Ends in a Hyde Park Crash (Tribune) Video: Pedestrian Attacked by Teens on LFT Near 47th, Where […]

How the New City Hall Lineup Could Influence Housing & Development Policy (Curbed) Meter Deal Prevents Bus, Bike Improvements – Here’s What Lori Can Do About It (Tribune) Editorial: However Long It Takes, Get the Lincoln Yards TIF Right (Tribune) Video: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Into Police Vehicle at Belmont/Ashland (WGN) Driver Who Killed […]

More Coverage of Uber’s Campaign to Kill the Divvy Deal (Block Club, Sun-Times, Tribune) Austin Family Sues Oak Park Police Over Fatal Crash (Austin Weekly) Duckworth’s Wheelchair-Trashing Disclosure Rule Reveals Airline Damage 25 a Day (Crain’s) Crain’s Hosted a Future of Transportation Event With Emanuel Discussing ORD Expansion Helmut Jahn Scrawls Handwritten Note Saying He’s […]

Scheinfeld Claps Back at Sun-Times Claim That Divvy/Lyft Might Have Left Money on Table Man Charged With Reckless Homicide, DUI in Elgin Crash That Killed 2 (Sun-Times) Dan Ryan Was Shut Down Between 75th and 79th for Shooting Investigation (Fox) Woman Who Was Choked by Man on Green Line Says CTA Response Was Inadequate (CBS) […]

Annamma Abraham, 61, Fatally Struck in Niles — 4th Recent Pedestrian Fatality in Area (CBS) Driver Who Killed Joy Tyrus, 28, While Fleeing Traffic Stop Charged With Homicide (Tribune) Man Charged With DUI in Crash With Firetruck That Killed Passenger Andrew Lee, 32 (Sun-Times) Driver Dead in Single-Vehicle Crash on Eisenhower Expressway (CBS) Lightfoot and […]