Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

Schlickman, Savage, and Schwieterman Make Predictions About 2018 Transportation (Herald) Kevin McKenzie, 55, Killed While Biking to Work on 4-Lane With No Sidewalks (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injured Man, 64, on 6200 Block of West Belmont (CBS) Man Charged With Felony DUI in McHenry Crash That Killed His Passenger (CBS) Chicago, Calumet Park to Pay […]

In the Wake of Washington Crash, Tribune Looks at Efforts to Install PTC on Local Railroads Metra Considers Fare System That Could Raise Prices for Those Living Closer to Downtown (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Henry Sinisterra, 18, Near Des Plaines Metra Station (Tribune) Tribune: 10 Years After Traffic Cams Came to Suburbs, State Hasn’t Assessed […]

CTA Approves Budget With 25-Cent Fare Hike, Civic Federation Disapproves (Tribune) Ald. Moreno Proposes Pilot of Free-Floating Car-Share Service Car2Go (Active Trans) Tribune: Metra CEO Don Orseno’s Tenure Was Scandal-Free, James Derwinski Starts 1/1 Driver Fatally Struck Man, 52, Crossing Randall Road in Elgin Illinois Police Will Test New Device for Identifying Drugged Drivers (BND) Metra […]

Stricter rule for Counting People Sleeping on CTA Impacts Official Homelessness Count (Sun-Times) 4 Injured in Shooting Near Uptown’s Wilson Station (Tribune) New Awareness Campaign for Law Requiring Drivers to Pass First Responders Safely (CBS) Griffin, Who Gave $12M for for LFT Separation, Is Donating $3M for 50 Mini Soccer Fields (Tribune) Federal Review Could […]

RTA Chief: Metra Derailment Is a Symptom of Insufficient Funding for Transit Infra (WGN) Tribune’s Mary Wisniewski Discusses Whether or Not the O’Hare Express Plan Is Realistic (WGN) Chicago Mag: London’s Airport Express Works, But the O’Hare Plan Is a Riskier Endeavor FOTP Questions Plan to Spend $1.8 on More Car Parking at North Avenue […]

Rahm Takes Another Jab at NYC Transit, Says His Goal Is to Boost CTA Speed, Reliability (Tribune) A Roundup of Local Transportation News Stories (Active Trans) Driver Fatally Struck Ramiro Fonseca, 26, While He Was Changing a Tire in Naperville (Tribune) Metra Adds Extra Trains for Thanksgiving (Patch) Enthusiasm for Curbs: Wired Article on the Future […]

RTA Chief: CTA Should Raise Fares to Address Budget Gap, or Risk Major Service Cuts (Tribune) Cahill: Metra Fare Hikes, Service Cuts, Budget Hole Could Lead to a Death Spiral (Crain’s) Rebate Program Helped Divert 18% of Red Line Traffic Before Cubs Night Games (Sun-Times) Law Against Collecting Signatures for Candidates on Transit Platforms Is […]

Pace Board Approves 25-Cent Fare Hike for 2018 (Tribune) CDOT, Reilly Slam Burke and Beale’s Proposal to Fine Pedestrians for “Distracted Walking” (Tribune) Emanuel: Allow Taxis to Charge Surge Pricing, Have Same Background Checks as Ride-Share (Tribune) Driver Killed Latatia Shepard, 47, in 2nd Fatal Hit-and-Run in Zion in Less Than a Month (Sun-Times) Bolingbrook […]

Trump Funder Joe Ricketts Kills DNA & Chicagoist, 2 Quality Sources for Transportation News (Feder) MPC’s Barrett: Chicago’s Transportation Network Should Help Tip the Scales in Amazon Bid (Crain’s) Driver Fatally Struck Woman, 45, in Woodridge, No Citations Issued Yet (Tribune) CTA Bus Drivers Who Seriously Injured & Killed Pedestrians Were Allowed to Keep Their […]

Studies: Local Commutes Are Long, But Decent Transit Service Makes Them Less Stressful (DNA) Ald. Villegas Calls for Cutting CTA Funding if the Agency Doesn’t Hire More Latinos (Sun-Times) 2 Officers Seriously Injured After Crashing Their Car Into Avalon Park Construction Site (NBC) Police Say Bike Cops Could Help Address West Loop Crime Spike (DNA) […]

Emanuel’s Running in 2019, Touts Affordability of Homes W/ Short Commutes as Amazon Bait (Crain’s) Editorial: Chicago’s Proposal to Tax Ride-Share to Fund Transit Will Help the Poor (Washington Post) John Kass Drags Out His Old “Make Cyclists Pay” Warhorse (Tribune) Changes to Bus Boarding Locations at 95th Street Station Start Tonight (Sun-Times) Mural At […]