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Driver injured after crashing into house in Mundelein (CBS) Man charged with DUI after rear-ending state trooper squad car on I-290 (Sun-Times) Despite pandemic ridership losses, CTA is hiring dozens of bus drivers (ABC) Fulton Market is being pedestrianized every day for outdoor dining (Block Club) New Lincolnshire bike/ped path will help junior high students […]

Metra projects $682M in lost revenue amid COVID-19 ridership decline (Tribune) Garfield Green plan aims to spur growth, maintain affordability on W. Side (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male pedestrian in the 4400 block of West Lake (WGN) Officers: Person stole squad car, crashed into parked vehicle in South Shore (ABC) Historic Long Grove […]

Bird, Lime, and Spin — but not Lyft — are this year’s e-scooter concessionaires (City of Chicago) Findings from ATA’s COVID mobility listening tour on the Southwest Side CPS parents question safety of students taking CTA if schools reopen this fall (Sun-Times) Police: Man, 28, walking in the street on 1400 block of W. Roosevelt […]

Police took 76 bikes from Columbus protesters Friday, owners want them back (Block Club) Details on Red Line work in Uptown and Edgewater, “a massive disruption” (Block Club) 2 people on Divvy bikes were injured in River North drive-by shooting Saturday night (CBS) Metra selects engineering, design firms for 75th Street Corridor projects (Progressive Railroading) […]

Slow streets plan approved by Oak Park village board, will mirror Chicago program (Tribune) Dorval Carter discusses the future of CTA, including PPE vending machines (Evanston Now) Shooting and chase ended with driver striking a building in the River North (CBS) Shooting Investigation Disrupts CTA Service On Red Line At 79th Street (CBS) Black woman-led […]

SE Side bike protests against police in schools, relocation of scrap metal recycler to area (CBS) New Slow Street opens on South Shore Drive from 53rd to 56th in Hyde Park (CDOT) 2 Chicago police officers hurt after striking closed Steelworkers Park gate (Sun-Times) String of violent robberies on Red Line in River North, Lincoln […]

Chicago enters Phase 4 today, allowing gatherings of up to 50, indoor dining (Tribune) CPD opens new strategic center to track CTA, downtown crime (Block Club) CDOT, Sislow, and Whitehouse discuss this week’s bike-truck crash (WTTW) Blackstone, Team Veloz, West Town featured in Bicycling article on diversifying cycling Park District says it needs to use […]

Active Trans looks at the impact of the transit shutdown during the George Floyd protests Kamin: Reopening the LFT is great, but it’s time to create on-street corona cycleways (Tribune) City launching pilot program to improve CTA bus connections on West Side (CBS) After driver broadsided another motorist in W. Elsdon, Good Samaritans rushed to […]

Some 30,000 protesters took over the streets in Union Park Black Lives Matter march (Sun-Times) Hundreds of cyclists reportedly rode on closed Lake Shore Drive After protest-related looting decreased, Lightfoot lifted 9 PM citywide curfew (Sun-Times) CTA services was restored yesterday and Loop bridges were lowered (CBS) Metra has returned to alternate weekday schedules this […]

Wabansia, Wood, and Roscoe are also getting Slow Streets treatments (Sun-Times) Biagi says CDOT may create emergency bus lanes as part of reopening strategy (Crain’s) Daily Northwestern looks at the challenges facing transit agencies, workers, and riders Meet Active Trans’ new bus organizing fellows, conducting surveys of essential workers Juan Cabral, 55, dies nearly 3 […]

Preckwinkle plans to move forward with reduced-fare South Side Metra plan this fall (Sun-Times) What will the CTA look like after Chicago reopens? Experts weigh in (Tribune) Power outages, Metra delays after Loop ComEd vault fire (Sun-Times) Months after it opened, N. Shore Channel Trail bridge is officially ready to ride (Block Club) No youth […]

Active Trans joins coalition supporting Pritzker’s graduated “Fair Tax” proposal Technology department employee is 4th CTA worker to die of COVID-19 (Sun-Times) Speeding driver runs red in Loop, T-boning CTA bus and injuring 4 people (Sun-Times) Semi driver overturns truck on Tri-State Tollway, blocking southbound traffic (ABC) Friends of the Chicago River: Here’s why we […]