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ATA: To Prevent Ped Deaths We Must Dedicate Funding for Street Redesigns (Tribune) Driver Fatally Struck Pedestrian This Morning at North and Keeler (ABC) Man Critically Injured After Sticking Head Out Red Line Window Near Sox Park (NBC) Metra Passenger Injured During Robbery Attempt on UP-N Line (Tribune) Police Warn of Robberies Near Argyle Red […]

A Brief History of the Green Line South Branch (Tribune) Bicycle Sharing System Proposed for Kankakee County (Daily Journal) Notes from the American Public Transportation Association Legislative Conference (Mass Transit) How Miami Could Learn From Chicago’s Public Transit System (Miami Herald) Chicago Drivers Often Fail to Follow Crosswalk Rules (Sun-Times) Uber Suspends Self-Driving Car Tests After […]

Why the O’Hare Expansion is Important for Chicago’s Future (Sun-Times) North Shore Residents Rally Against New Rail Expansion (Daily North Shore) Illinois Transportation Industry Seeing Job Declines (Tribune) Two Injured After SUV Hits CTA Bus (NBC Chicago, CBS Chicago, Tribune) Chicagoans Invited to Weigh in on City’s Amazon Pitch (ABC 7) Meeting Scheduled in Hinsdale to […]

Biss, Daiber, and Pritzer Respond to Active Trans‘ Transportation Issues Questionnaire Demolitions for the Belmont Flyover in Lakeview Will Start This Week (Tribune) Right-Turning CTA Bus Driver Fatally Struck Female Pedestrian in West Chatham (CBS) More Details About the Morse Pushing Incident That Critically Injured a Senior (Sun-Times) After Ending Oak Park Divvy, Trustees Vote […]

Editorial: Chicago Needs Proposed O’Hare Modernization to Stay World-Class (Tribune) Driver Charged With Hit-and-Run on I-80/94 That Killed 2 Other Motorists (Tribune) City Council Approves $20M Settlement in Fatal Off-Duty Cop DUI Crash (Tribune) Wealthier Neighborhoods and Poorer Ones Lead the City in Teardowns (Chicago Mag) Jackson Park, Brick Streets and Alleys Make List of […]

How Issues of Race and Class Are Influencing the Obama Center Planning Debate (Tribune) Carl Bibb, 61, Died After Being Struck in Humboldt Park Last Month (Sun-Times) Driver Accused of Using Electronic Device Before Fatal Naperville Crash (Sun-Times) Ex-Cook County Board Ann Gorman Member New Head of Illinois Tollway Board (Crain’s) Contracts for 8 Riverwalk […]

IDOT Is in Talks With Musk About Building His (Fantasy) Hyperloop Route to Chicago (Crain’s) Emanuel: Chicago’s Ride-Share Fee Is a “Backdoor Approach” to Fighting Congestion (NYT) Distraction, Drinking Are Among the Causes of Chicago’s Spike in Traffic Deaths (Tribune) 2 Dozen CTA, Metra Workers Disciplined Over Speeding Trains in Past 5 Years (Sun-Times) Man […]

A Year After Ticketing Discrepancy Revealed, Black Neighborhoods Still See Most Tickets (Tribune) Sun-Times: Most Juveniles Charged With Armed Carjackings Let Go in 24 Hours Emanuel, State Lawmakers Propose Making It a Felony to Be in Possession of a Stolen Car (ABC) CTA Releases Video of Passenger Setting Fire Aboard Train at Argyle Station (Tribune) […]

Chicago Tonight Talks to Aldermen About the Free-Floating Car-Share Ordinance The Architects Newspaper Looks at the Red Line Extension Plan 11-Year Sentence for Driver Who Killed Motorcyclist in I-55 DUI Crash (Tribune) Images Released of 2 Men Who Allegedly Robbed Man in Wheelchair on Blue Line (Tribune) Kamin: Who’s Going to Pay the $30 Million […]

Nearly 400K Drivers Who Blew Red Lights Got Ticket Refunds Due to a Technicality (Sun-Times) Transit Pundits (Including Us) Discuss the Pros and Cons of Red Line Extension Plan (Chicago Mag) The Sun-Times Looks at Red Line Extension Funding Issues Naprapath Walking in Evanston Injured When Police Cuffed Him in Mistaken Identity Case (Tribune) Unladylike […]

Icy Conditions Cause Over 200 Crashes on Chicago Roadways (Tribune) Woman, 75, Escapes to Safety After Car Stalls on Metra Tracks (Tribune) Police Warn Food Delivery Drivers About West Side Armed Robberies (Tribune) Development Near Sedgewick Station Will Have 105 Units, 25 Parking Space (Curbed) Evanston Aldermen: TOD With 318 Units, 176 Spots Near Davis […]