Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about On The Route Bicycles

New Metra Chief James Derwinski Discusses Plans to Attract More Riders (Herald) Uptown Tent City Lawsuit Accuses City of “Elevating Bicycles Over” Homeless People (DNA) MPC Looks at the Future of Permanent Supportive Housing in Illinois Driver Fatally Struck Vanessa Pierce, 26, in Melrose Park (Tribune) There Was a DUI Crackdown in the Morgan Park […]

New Affordable Housing Ordinance May Be Introduced in City Council Today (Curbed) Northbrook Park President Questions Whether Velodrome Is a Good Use of the Space (Tribune) Study: Ride-Sharing Is Increasing Congestion (Active Trans) Farewell to the Randolph-Wabash CTA Station (Curbed) Oak Parkers: Divvy Is the (W)Right (Heming)Way to Get Around Town Without a Car (Tribune) […]

Howard Street Could Get Road Diet, Bike Lanes Between Western and Ridge (DNA) Law Will Formally Legalize Biking on Shoulder of Road, Safe Passing by Drivers (Chicagoist) Kamin Praises the Undulating Design of the New Washington-Wabash ‘L’ Station (Tribune) Bus Driver and Bystander Save Pregnant Woman From Unprovoked Attack on CTA Bus (DNA) Man Being […]

CDOT’s Plan for Pedestrianizing Cornell Includes Adding Lanes to LSD & Stony Island (Tribune) Lack of TOD on the South Side, Need for More BRT Discussed at Lincoln Square Forum (DNA) Driver Turns Herself in After Killing Male Pedestrian, 45, and Fleeing the Scene (Sun-Times) Victim’s Attorney: IPRA to Release More Videos of Fatal West […]

CTA Service at Fullerton Station Suspended for 2 Hours After Body Found on Tracks (WGN) City: Uber, Lyft “Took Advantage” of Commuters With Surge Pricing During CTA Shutdown (DNA) Divvy Day Pass Use Doubled During the Fullerton Stop Closure (DNA) 3 Arrested After Man Walks in Street During Rally Against Alleged White Supremacist (Tribune) Metra […]

4 Critically Injured in Crash Next to Millennium Park (CBS) Chainlinker IDs a Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck a Cyclist in the Loop This Morning A Section of the Weber Spur Trail Has Been Constrcuted in Lincolnwood (The Chainlink) Metra Closing 111th Street Ticket Office in Morgan Park (DNA) The Magnificent Mile Inspires a Street Makeover […]

Report: Over 60% of Trains Run Late Between Chicago and Indianapolis (NBC) Citation Dismissed in Beecher Crash That Killed Pregnant Mother and Her 3 Sons (Tribune) Police Searching for Man Who Pushed Victim Down Staircase at Sheridan Red Line Stop (CBS) Petition Calls for Banning Horse-Drawn Carriages on City Streets in Hot Weather (DNA) Active […]

Semi Drivers Critically Injured Pedestrian in Lawndale (Tribune) Finkl Steel Redevelopment Plan Includes New Metra Stop, Bloomingdale Trail Extension (Curbed) Lawsuit: Man Refuses to Turn Over Storage Container With $600K in CTA Tools (Tribune) Lollapalooza Is More Than a Week Away, but Streets Are Already Closed (DNA) A Brief History of Soon-to-Be Revamped Union Station […]