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The Tribune Invokes Livable Streets Icon Jane Jacobs in Its Pro-Lincoln Yards Editorial The Jane Byrne Project Is 3.5 Years Behind Schedule and $170M Over Budget (Tribune) Volkswagen Beetle Driver Fatally Struck Man, 50, in Belmont-Cragin and Fled (ABC) State Rep Theresa Mah Discusses Sustainable Transportation With Active Trans Reilly Calls for a Crackdown on “Guerrilla […]

Active Trans Now and the Tribune Compare Preckwinkle and Lightfoot’s Transportation Policies Ald. Ramirez-Rosa on the O’Hare Express Project: Musk “Comes off as a Grifter” (The Verge) Three Violent Robberies Near Pulaski Pink Line Station This Month (Sun-Times) City Releases Plan for 17-Acre “Wild Mile” Floating Park Along North Branch (Active Trans) The South Shore […]

Community Development Commission OKs $900M Lincoln Yards TIF (Sun-Times) Judge Upholds Lawsuit Opposing Obama Presidential Center Location (Curbed) 3 Injured, Including 1-Year-Old, in Fiery Burbank Crash (Sun-Times) State Trooper Injured in Crash on Dan Ryan Near 43rd in Bronzeville (Sun-Times) Slick Morning Commute as Snow Turns to Freezing Rain in Northern Illinois (Tribune) ELPC: Let’s […]

Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on Cams, Uber, Fares, CTA Expansion, Bike Lanes (Tribune) Ida B. Wells Drive Named Today; Balbo Drive, Memorial to a Fascist, Will Remain (Block Club) MED Trains Resume Normal Schedule Today After Polar Vortex Issues (NBC) UP-N Delayed in Winnetka by Police Activity, Switching Problems (Tribune) CBS: Batavia Intersection’s Unique Design […]

How Faster Transit Service Could Help Connect the Suburbs (Active Trans) Southwest Organizing Project Talks With Residents About Their Bus Experiences (Active Trans) Mayoral Candidate Armara Enyia Cities Equity Issues With Chicago Bike and Car Ticketing (Crain’s) Ana Fernandez, 77, Died After Being Struck on 1/2 in Belmont Heights, Driver Cited (Sun-Times) Closed Since Wednesday, […]

$6B Lincoln Yards Project Wins Plan commission’s OK (Tribune) Everybody in Chicago’s Mayoral Race Says They Want Traffic Ticket Reform (ProPublica) Driver Fatally Struck Cyclist Douglas M. Demott, 52, in Tinley Park (Sun-Times) Metra Slows Trains Due to Extreme Cold (CBS) Dan Lipinski to Chair Railroads Subcommittee in the House (CTJ) Truckers Plan to “Slow-Roll” […]

Mayoral Candidates Voice Support for Free CTA Service at West Side Forum (Tribune) Man Killed, 2 Others Hurt in Hanover Park Crash (Sun-Times) Metra: Three Trains Passed Crossings With Faulty Signal Gates (Trains) Red Line Service Resumes at 9 North Side Stations After Mechanical Problem (ABC) Study Gives Chicago High Marks for Ease of Living […]

Op-Ed: Metra Board Members, Suburban Mayors Call for Properly Funding the System (Herald) (FBI-Investigated) Mayoral Candidate Dorothy Brown Calls for a Bike Registration Fee (Sun-Times) The Chicago Tribune Looks at 6 Upcoming “Megadevelopments” Man Charged With Intentionally Killing Carlos Posados, 22, With Truck in W. Chatham (Sun-Times) CPD Credits Hi-Def Cams for Arrests in Group […]

Ald. Hopkins Invites Residents to Weigh in on Lincoln Yards Via Survey (Curbed) Driver Who Fatally Struck Woman in Waukegan Charged With Hit-and-Run (Tribune) Police Officer Injured in Austin Crash (WGN) Police: Drunk Driver Crashed Near Riverside High School (Sun-Times) Driver Charged With DUI After Geneva Crash (Sun-Times) North Shore Towns Seek to Ease the […]

New Rezkoville Red Line Stop Rendering Shown to South Lop Neighbors (Curbed) CDOT Chief Scheinfeld Shills for Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision (Sun-Times) …On the Other Hand, She Notes That Removing RLCs Would Cost Lives (Sun-Times) Active Trans: A State Bike Walk Fund Would Help Prevent Flyover-Style Work Delays Stabbing on the Red Line Near the […]

CTA Board Expected to Approve Contracts for RPM, Red Line Extension Today (Tribune) 6 Mayoral Candidates Support a Community Benefits Agreement for Obama Center (Tribune) As Logan’s White Population Surpasses Latinos, Some Point to TODs and 606 (Block Club) County Judge Delays Ruling on Lawsuit Over Bike Lanes That Displaced Homeless (ABC) Cook County to […]

Video: Transit Chiefs Discuss the Future of Public Transportation in the Region (WGN) After 35-Year-old Metra Engine Fire, RTA Chief Says System is in “State of Disrepair” (CBS) Man, 23, Shot and Wounded While Riding a Bike in Washington Heights (Sun-Times) Police Dashcam Records DUI Suspect Driving on Wrong Side of Road in Riverside (Sun-Times) […]