Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about National Charter Bus

CTA crime up nearly 56% in Jan and Feb, violent crime up 24%, property crime up over 200% (Tribune) 3 injured, including 3 children, after turning SUV driver failed to yield to CTA bus (ABC) Hit-and-run driver inflicted leg injury on man walking in River North (CBS) Driver slams into 2 homes in Norwood Park, […]

SBC funder CCT sponsors “How improving Chicago’s infrastructure can boost upward mobility” (Crain’s) Federal government extends mask mandate on transit, Amtrak, intercity buses, and planes through 4/18 (CNN) 2 killed, 2 injured after speeding driver runs stop sign, strikes another vehicle, hits tree in W. Pullman (NBC) Driver, 77, fatally struck pedestrian at 4:30 AM […]

Former IL House speaker Mike Madigan, who used clout to influence Metra promotions, is indicted (Capitolfax) CPD: Turning driver who failed to yield on DLSD near MSI caused pileup that injured 4 people (Fox) Police pursuit of alleged carjackers ends with driver crashing into Chatham restaurant (Fox) Driver charged in hit-and-run killing of retired officer […]

Per SBC reporter Igor Studenkov, the Kyiv Metro is waiving fares so residents can shelter from Russian bombings CTA ‘“ghost buses” hamper commuters amid cold weather, COVID-19 (Medill Reporter) Man pleads guilty to street racing before killing pedestrian Alberto Quintero-Martinez in W. Chicago (Daily Herald) Driver charged with homicide for hit-and-run that killed Christine Campbell, 70, […]

Could a pedestrian-friendly streetscape help revitalize the ailing LaSalle St. financial corridor? (Crain’s) Speeding driver killed, passenger critically injured, after crashing into tree on Peterson (ABC) Driver dead after striking median on Avenue O in Hegewisch, vehicle caught fire (ABC) Police: Man suffers arm injury after accidentally falling on Blue Line tracks at Washington stop […]

IL mask mandate ends 2/28; Chicago may nix mask and vax requirements by then as well (Block Club) 3 injured after police try to pull over driver of car possibly connected to armed robberies near 59th/State (CBS) Woman tried to reach around glass and grab driver of moving #66 bus in Noble Square, then bit […]

USDOT: Metra will receive  a $513.6 million from the American Rescue Plan fund (Trains.com) Blue Line attackers hit sleeping man with a bat, stabbed him, bit him, and robbed him (OakPark.com) Winter storm brings cancellations to Amtrak service in Midwest (Trains.com) Delays reported on CTA Green, Red, Purple, Brown trains and buses amid winter storm […]

CTA says it’s reached tentative agreement with operators unions for a 9.25% pay hike over life of contract (Sun-Times) Driver charged with hit-and-run killing of Alyssa Charles, 24, last Saturday in North Chicago (LMS) How to help unhoused people who are sheltering at Jeff Park Transit Center? Local leaders: It’s complicated (Nadig) Semi driver flees […]

How new laws, advocacy and charity helped strengthen support for cycling in 2021 (Daily Herald) Man critically injured in shooting, 3-year-old girl grazed in Chatham shooting that resulted in car crash (ABC) 2 hospitalized after Metra trains struck person at Millennium, car in Morgan Park Thursday night (Tribune) CPD: 3 injured, including 2 officers, after […]

About 50 people showed up for last night’s protest of Halsted bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane Equiticity and CMAP discuss the latest CTA ridership findings (WTTW) UIC’s P.S. Sriraj, transit agencies discuss what it will take for ridership to return to normal (Tribune) Metra is planning major hiring push as more downtown commuting […]

Woman, 68, struck by driver who ran red while waiting for bus in Grand Crossing has died (Fox) Driver runs red, strikes another car, injures pedestrian, hits storefront in Rogers Park (Block Club) Case of innocent Black teen jailed after Kankakee shooting highlights traffic stop inequalities (Tribune) SWAT team called to ERIK’S Bike Shop in […]

CTA bus drivers took over Michigan Avenue to march for safer working conditions (CBS) CBS looks at CPD efforts to curb violence on CTA – no mention of deploying Transit Ambassadors 2 dead after driver crashes into a tree on the Lakefront Trail and vehicle bursts into flames (Tribune) Police: Man charged after allegedly forcing […]