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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 12

By John Greenfield | May 12, 2017 | 1 Comment

Number of Car Occupants Killed This Year Has Jumped 79 Percent This Year (DNA) Trucker Fatally Struck Male Pedestrian on Irving Park Near O’Hare (Tribune) Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Man, 28, in West Elsdon (CBS) Hertz Appears on Chicago Newsroom Discussing Ideas to Improve South Side Transit DNA: Maldonado, Who Wants Fees […]

Renderings of a section of the flyover project area without and with redevelopment. Images: CTA

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The Belmont Flyover: Learning From the Past and Planning the Future

By Jessica Papanek | May 7, 2017 | 16 Comments

It’s going to be important for the city to learn the mistakes of the past, particularly the failure to promptly redevelop several lots that were left empty for five or more years after the Brown Line reconstruction was finished.

Rendering of the contra-flow bike lane on Glenwood.

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It Won’t Be Long Until the Glenwood Greenway Is Ready to Ride

By John Greenfield | May 3, 2017 | 10 Comments

CDOT’s upcoming project to legalize contraflow riding on Glenwood will encourage southbound cyclists to stick to the west side of the street, and notify drivers of their presence.

A new stretch of trail for cyclists, just south of the 35th Street bridge. Photo: John Greenfield

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Eyes on the Street: Lakefront Trail Separation From 31st to 41st

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2017 | 11 Comments

I took a spin to the South Side to check out the in-progress trail separation project between 31st and 41st, which broke ground last August and is almost done.

Yesterday's crash took place at the intersection between Grand and the southbound exit ramp of LSD, 100 feet or so west of the flyover. Image: Google Street View

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Navy Pier Flyover Wouldn’t Have Prevented Yesterday’s Bike Crash at Grand/LSD

By John Greenfield | Apr 26, 2017 | 12 Comments

Details released by police today indicate that the bike bridge wouldn’t have made a difference in this case.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 21

By John Greenfield | Apr 21, 2017 | 10 Comments

Hertz: A Proposal for Making Transit Work Better on the South Side (SSW) Man Stabbed in the head on Red Line Near Sox/35th Station (ABC) CTA Says Lincoln Bus Pilot May Be Canceled Due to Low Ridership (DNA) Inspector General’s Office Calls for Abolishing Ward Menu Funding Program (Tribune) Plan Commission Approved 250-Unit, 173-Space Tower […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 17

By John Greenfield | Apr 17, 2017 | No Comments

33-Year-Old Man Shot to Death on the Garfield Red Line Platform (Sun-Times) Naperville Mayor: Police “Could’ve Done Better” Than Wait 3 Days to Reveal Fatal Death (Tribune) Driver Charged With Leaving the Scene of Fatal South Holland Motorcycle Crash (CBS) Crain’s: Claypool Cried Wolf About Doomsday Scenarios at CTA, Now He’s Doing It at CPS […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 12

By John Greenfield | Apr 12, 2017 | 6 Comments

Active Trans Has Been Meeting With Congressional Reps Asking Them to Fight Trump Budget Naperville Police Wait 3 Days to Tell Media About Officer-Involved Crash That Killed Senior (Tribune) Arrest Made After Sexual Assault on the Lakefront Trail at 35th Street (Tribune) Police Say They Plan to Write More Traffic Tickets in Response to Jeff […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 5

By John Greenfield | Apr 5, 2017 | No Comments

Editorial: Tougher Penalties Needed for Distracted Driving (Tribune) Jack Burris, 66, Fatally Struck by Police Officer Remembered as “All-Around Great Guy” (ABC) WLPN Director Logan Bay Loses Half a Leg After Driver Pins Him to His Car (Reader, DNA) DNA Looks at the City’s Vision Zero Efforts to Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities Amara C. Eniya: MPC Report […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 30

By John Greenfield | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Did Officers Give Special Treatment to Allegedly Drunk Cop Who Struck Pedestrian? (Tribune) Sun-Times Victim-Blames Critically Injured Cyclist for “Wearing Dark, Non-Reflective Clothing” Proposal for “Low-Line” Public Space Discussed at Community Meeting (Tribune) “Tierra Linda,” 12 Affordable Housing Units Near 606, Gets Construction Permits (Curbed) Reilly Calls for Banning Musicians on Michigan, State Except for Lunch […]

Robert Calvin rides in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. During a roughly nine-month period last year police wrote 321 bike citations in Austin but only 30 in majority-white Lakeview. Photo: John Greenfield

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The CPD’s “Biking While Black” Enforcement Practices Have Got to Stop

By John Greenfield | Mar 21, 2017 | 27 Comments

A Chicago Tribune investigation indicates that police are much more likely to ticket people in African-American communities for bike infractions than they are to issue citations to lawbreaking cyclists in mostly white areas. This isn't just illegal and unjust. It also discourages cycling in black neighborhoods.

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 10

By John Greenfield | Mar 10, 2017 | 12 Comments

Moreno, Maldonado Propose New Fees for Demolition, Deconversion Along The 606 (Tribune) Sun-Times: CTA’s New VP of Legislative Affairs Was Recently Sanctioned by Ethics Board 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Lake Shore Drive Rollover Crash (Tribune) Fleet of 50 Cycles Purchased for Glenview Bike Education Classes (CBS) 180 Rental Units, 84 Parking Spots Planned Near […]

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