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A Chicago-bound Amtrak Lincoln Service train arrives at the Joliet Gateway Center station, the north end of the stretch of tracks between St. Louis and Chicago that is being improved for higher speeds. Photo: Igor Studenkov

IDOT’s multiyear plan supports intercity rail, bus-on-shoulder… and lots of driving projects

By Igor Studenkov | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

On August 12, Governor JB Pritzker announced the Illinois Department of Transportation's new multiyear plan, a blueprint for spending $34.6 billion on transportation infrastructure over the next six years.

A driver blocks the Chicago Avenue bus lane near Clark Street. Photo: CDOT

Ald. La Spata discusses his ordinance to crack down on bus lane scofflaws

By Courtney Cobbs | Aug 28, 2022 | No Comments

Last month La Spata introduced City Council legislation enabling the installation of cameras on CTA buses that would issue tickets to drivers who stand or park in bus lanes.

The entrance to the Weiss Hospital parking lot this afternoon. Photo: John Greenfield

Activists block the development of a parking lot. Is that the best way to stop displacement?

By Richard Day | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

While blocking this development would probably do more harm than good, Chicago absolutely needs to do more to fight displacement.

A sign at 63rd Street bus warning that, unlike during typical summers, the #63 bus isn't stopping there. Photo: Jeff Zoline

Obama Center construction makes it difficult to access 63rd Street beach on foot, bus

By Jeff Zoline | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments

The construction on the Obama Presidential Center has impacted many different groups in many different ways, but pedestrians, bike riders, and transit rider have borne the brunt.

The Bike Bus rolls towards Fullerton Avenue in Lincoln Park. Photo via CBGN

Chicago, Bike Grid Now’s Halsted Bike Bus provides a safe, fun ride downtown

By John Greenfield | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments

"Whenever there is a safe place for people to bike, the number of Chicagoans who come out is tremendous."

CTA unveils improvements to Bus Tracker, but will they bust the “ghost run” problem?

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

Today the transit agency followed through on president Dorval Carter's earlier statements, announcing the release of a newly designed website for the Bus Tracker.

A tactile bus stop sign on a bus stop pole along the #20 Madison route. Photo: CTA

A touchy subject: CTA will pilot 1,300 tactile bus stop signs across 12 routes

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

There was some good news on Tuesday about efforts to make Chicago streets more accessible to people with visual impairments.

The hit-and-run driver's car, a gray Hyundai Sonata sedan with license plate number DC 92373. If you spot the vehicle, you can call 911 or the CPD tip line at 312-745-4521 to report it.

Driver hits dad and daughter on bike on Leland Greenway, near where Lily Shambrook was killed

By John Greenfield | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments

Fortunately, no one was hurt. But infuriatingly, the dad suspects the driver, who fled the scene, struck them on purpose.

A Gillig low-floor electric bus, the kind Pace has been testing.

Pace buys another e-bus, inks contract with ride-hail company to supplement paratransit

By John Greenfield | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments

Director Melinda Metzger also highlighted a $20 million grant for the rehab of the Harvey Transportation Center, and Pace was offering free rides to students on the first day of CPS classes.

Addison/Drake, looking east. The bike crash took place in the crosswalk to the left. Image: Google Maps

Anatomy of a bike crash: Why did today’s collision at Addison/Drake happen?

By John Greenfield | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

A teenage girl on a bike collided with a driver, apparently because she was understandably afraid to ride in a four-lane street. What should we do about that?

Looking east on Belmont Avenue at Southport Avenue, which has non-protected bike lanes. (Yes, we know talking on the phone while biking is illegal in Chicago and is not recommended.) Photo: John Greenfield

Bike lanes are coming to Belmont in Lakeview, but not all the way to the lakefront

By John Greenfield | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

City officials should be asking, "What can we do to *make* the stretch of Belmont between Clark and the lakefront safe and pleasant to ride on?"

Diary of a mad man: Lawyer Edward C. Fitzpatrick’s war on the Dickens Greenway

By John Greenfield | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

The lawyer says the bikeway would create a deathtrap for pedestrians, and has a theory that city officials, advocates, and Streetsblog have been conspiring behind the scenes to make it happen.

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