Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

Natalie Moore and Odette Yousef Look at the Need for More Equitable TOD (WTTW) Driver Cited After Fatally Striking Eric Morris, 54, in Bronzeville (Tribune) CTA: Maria Torres, 70, Killed While Trying to Cross Tracks Near 22nd and Cicero (CBS) 4 Injured in Lower Wacker Crash Saturday (Sun-Times) Red Line Trains Were Rerouted Due to […]

City Considers Wiping Out Ticket Debt for Drivers Whole File for Bankruptcy (ProPublica) Housing Advocates File Federal Complaint Against “Aldermanic Prerogative” (Tribune) An Update on Plans for the Paseo Trail in Pilsen and Little Village (Curbed) Victims of Park Manor Hit-and-Run IDed as Jerome Clopton, 35, and James Moore, 42 (ABC) Driver Who Crashed Into […]

Lyft Driver Sued Over Fatal Crash With Motorcyclist in Pilsen (Sun-Times) Amtrak, Metra Service Resumes at Union Station After Signal Failure (Sun-Times) City Officials Plan to Meet With Dockless Scooter Companies Next Month (Tribune) Evanston Adds 3 New Divvy Stations, Bringing the Total to 14 City Wants a New TIF to Support Lincoln Yards, Michele […]

Plan for Widening Roads by the Obama Center Passes City Council (NBC) Driver Fatally Struck Cyclist William Freeman, 56, in Round Lake (Sun-Times) Driver Who Allegedly Killed Eric Judge, 23, in Wicker Park in 2017 Apprehended (Tribune) Speeding Driver Hopped Curb in Libertyville, Injuring Trick-or-Treater, 10 (Tribune) Amtrak-Car Crash Causes Delays on Metra’s MD-North Line […]

CPD Sergeant Charged With DUI After Failing Random Drug and Alcohol Test (ABC) Police Chase in Altgeld Gardens Ends in a Crash, No Injuries (Sun-Times) Confused Motorist Drives Down the Washington PBL on the Loop Link Corridor (Block Club) CBS Marks the 5th Anniversary of Chicago’s Only Pedestrian Scramble Intersection Active Trans Presents Recommendations for […]

No Metra Fare Increases in Proposed 2019 Budget (Patch) Lyft Offers Rogers Park Residents Discounts Until Murderer Is Caught (Block Club) Lake County Partners Will Help Fund New Reverse-Commute Metra Service to Fox Lake (Tribune) Unmarked Chicago Police Vehicle Involved in Crash in Grand Crossing (Sun-Times) Police: N. Chicago’s Walk a Cop to School Event […]

Contrary to the Hype, Less Than 2% of Pedestrians Struck in IL Were Using Phones (Active Trans) CTA Saw 471 Service Disruptions Over 10 Minutes During a 6-Month Period (NBC) GoFundMe for Injured BFF Bikes Owner Annie Byrne Has Raised Over $26K (Block Club, BRAIN) CTA Rider Perpetrates a Kavanaugh-Like Beverage Attack on Bus Driver  (NBC) […]

BMW Driver Fatally Struck Lorraine Campion, 91, in Edgewater Beach Neighborhood (Sun-Times) Remembering Alberto Bocanegra Jr., Shot After Confronting Driver (Tribune, CBS, Block Club) GoFundMe Launched for BFF Bikes Owner Who Suffered a Brain Injury in a Cycling Crash Active Trans Has Been in Talks With CDOT and Aldermen About Construction Site Dangers Federal Bill Would […]

Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on O’Hare Express, Red Line Extension, Cams (Tribune) Schwieterman on O’Hare Express: “There’s an Air of Unreality to the Project” (NYT) Nicholas Ortiz, 48, Fatally Struck While Trying to Help a Driver in Need in Batavia (CBS) Semi-Truck Driver Struck and Killed Tammie Ihrig, 55, in Cicero (Sun-Times) Block Club Reports […]

How Emanuel’s Departure Could Impact Chicago’s Amazon Bid (Tribune) City Announces New Task Force to Study Shared Mobility, AVs, headed by LaHood Could a Cap on Ride-Share Rescue Chicago’s Struggling Taxi Industry? (Tribune) MD-N Service Halted After Retaining Wall Collapses Near Railroad Bridge (CBS) O’Hare Oasis Closes to Make Way for Tri-State Widening (Tribune) Police […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Cyclist Jimmy Lispier, 42, at Division Cicero Last Thursday (ABC) Driver Fatally Struck Pedestrian in Melrose Park (Sun-Times) Drivers Injured 2 Children on Foot and Bike Friday Afternoon in Oak Park (Tribune) Police Chase on the Eisenhower Ends in Multiple Vehicle Crash (ABC) Officer Who Rushed Into ‘L’ Car After Man Set […]

After Construction Began at Madison/Halsted, Where Cyclist Was Killed, Crashes Skyrocketed (CBS) Driver Taken Into Custody After Fatal Schaumburg Crash (Sun-Times) City Reaches $10.4M Settlement With Ride-Share Companies Over Background Checks (Tribune) The Tribune Looks at Dockless Scooter Companies’ Efforts to Set up Shop in Chicago What Chicago’s Skyline Will Look Like in 2023 (Chicago Mag) […]