Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about On The Route Bicycles

Sun-Times Columnist Mary Mitchell on Why She Avoids riding CTA Buses Tollway Set to Open New I-390 Stretch, Water Taxi Season Winds Down (Tribune) Driver Critically Injures Female Pedestrian, 27, By Logan Square Station (DNA) Man Accused of Pushing CTA Customer Onto Blue Line Tracks Pleads Not Guilty (CBS) Former Metra Cop’s Cell Phone Video […]

Emanuel’s 2018 Budget Includes More Weekend Ticketing of Illegally Parked Cars (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 1 Pedestrian, Injures Another in Zion (Sun-Times) Semi Crash on I-90/94 Near 29th St. Closes Chinatown Feeder Ramp (ABC) After Drivers Crash Into Storefront, Petition Launched Asking for Traffic Controls at Diversey/Avers 1-Bedroom Rentals at New TOD at Milwaukee/Leavitt, Next […]

Emanuel Budget Would Use Ride-Share Tax to Help Fund CTA (Crain’s) CTA Blames Ride-Share, Cheap Gas for Ridership Decline (DNA) CDOT’s Woodall Discusses the Department’s Concerns About Dockless Bike-Share (Forbes) How the Pullman National Monument Can Help Improve Transportation Access (Active Trans) Police Are Trying to Find Man Who Attacked a Senior on the Red […]

Citing New Census Data, Aldermen Call on the CTA to Hire More Latinos (Tribune) Women’s March on Chicago Plans to Take Over the Streets Again in Early 2018 (Tribune) Driver Charged With Reckless Homicide in Fatal Tinley Park Crash (Sun-Times) Neuroscientist Charged With Pushing Man Onto ‘L’ Tracks Bailed Out by Wife (Tribune) WSJ Talks […]

Emanuel Breaks Ground on “312 RiverRun Trail,” Starting With the Riverview Bridge (DNA) Mayor Claims Growth of Ride-Sharing Industry Has Cost Chicago $40M in Lost Tax Revenue (Sun-Times) State Budget Stalemate Led to 32% Increase in Metra Labor Costs to Maintain Aging Equipment (Tribune) Cullerton & Madigan Are Pushing for State Revenue to Fund Infrastructure […]

That White Substance That Shut Down the Addison Station Thursday? Baby Powder (ABC) Downtown DUI Crackdown Saturday 3-11 PM (DNA) Police Say They’ve Arrested a Bike Thief Who Burglarized the Same Building 3 Times (DNA) Lake Shore Drive/Stevenson Ramp Project Is Nearing Completion (DNA) Letter: If Metra Did a Better Job Collecting Fares, They Wouldn’t […]

South Shore Line May Double-Track Route From Gary to Michigan City (Tribune) Open Thread: What Are the Biggest Missed Opportunities in Chicago’s Transit System? (Curbed) Hit-and Run Driver Fatally Struck Man, 56, in the Wake of Austin Shooting (Tribune) Ex-Owner of Company Picked to Install Car Charging Stations in Chicago Gets 2 Years (Tribune) Suffering […]

Judge Rules City Can Evict Uptown Tent Cities for Viaduct Rehab, Sidewalk Bikes Lanes (Tribune) Central Streetscape Has Begun, Including Bumpouts at Site Where Noah Katz, 2, Was Killed (DNA) Walsh Construction Wins Contract for $25.9M Garfield Green Rehab Project (DNA) Metra Riders Discuss the Proposed Fare Hike (Chicago Tribune) Jefferson Park Anti-Urbanists Tried to […]