Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

Teen killed, at least 6 others injured, in 2-vehicle Palos Hills crash Monday evening (NBC) Crash involving city bus and South Shore Line train in Gary, no reported injuries (CBS) Charges for hit-and-run, battery in two different Northlake crashes (Tribune) Man charged with 12/22 robbery at the Linden Purple Line station in Wilmette (Tribune) Work […]

Petition for NW Highway safety overhaul in Edison Park garners hundreds of signatures (Block Club) Driver strikes Lake Street viaduct media in West Town, killing one passenger, injuring 4 people (CBS) Young female driver dies after striking stopped CTA bus in Woodlawn, driver hospitalized (NBC) Teen driver critically injures man, 28, who had exited vehicle […]

Tribune data analysis confirms earlier SBC reporting: current CTA delays caused by staffing shortages After SBC called out the Tribune for a car-centric article on traffic jams, new op-ed calls for more transit County official: To build a brighter future, we need greener, more accessible transit (Daily Herald) Police: Elderly driver had “medical event,” fatally […]

Divvy bike-share rolls out new white-painted, “easier to ride” e-bikes RTA preps budget, plans for an infrastructure windfall (Bond Buyer) CPD: Man is in critical condition after falling 30 feet from Armitage/Western Platform (CBS) Video: Trucker drags pinned car down I-294. Miraculously there were no injuries (NBC) Driver plowed into a home in Niles. Miraculously […]

Belmont Flyover, aka Red-Purple Bypass, debuts Friday morning at 4 a.m. at Belmont stop in Lakeview CBS talks with South Siders about their hopes for the Red Line Extension after federal infra bill passes Metra labor dispute boils over with strike rumblings, but agency says riders shouldn’t worry (Herald) Metra will install 650 ticket machines […]

Ironic: IL speaker blames Hillside Strangler for making him late to presser calling for expanding Ike (Sun-Times) High Speed Rail Alliance: Infra bill offers a path to HSR through a reinvented Metra (Crain’s) Hinz looks at the new CTA ridership numbers, notes a bigger return to offices is needed (Crain’s) Judge dismisses developer’s lawsuit that […]

Friends, colleagues remember Adé Hogue; Vigil planned tonight 6 PM at Grand/LFT (Block Club) 3 officers among 4 people injured in crash on 300 block of North Laramie (ABC) SUV driver crashed into front desk of Skokie medical spa (CBS) ATA calls for more physical protection, better maintenance on Chicago bikeways (Block Club) CDOT installs […]

Police rarely pulled over drivers on Far NW, SW sides, where many first responders live (Block Club) Boy, 17, stabbed in leg with scissors on Jackson Red Line platform during argument  (ABC) CPD: 1 in custody after driver of SUV taken at gunpoint crashes at 63rd/Damen (ABC) Block Club looks at the plan to add […]

Metra unveils 2022 operating, capital budgets (Rail Age) Man charged with 4 felonies for punching senior, pushing her onto ‘L’ tracks at Cermak Green (ABC) Man charged with aggravated battery in attack on woman, 18, on Blue Line near Washington (CBS) Bike Box in North Lawndale Bike Box offers free loaner bikes, repairs, affordable cycles […]

State continues to investigate road safety as 2 more people hit on 127th Street in Blue Island (Tribune) Driver fatally struck pedestrian Ramiro Castillo, 66, in Joliet (Patch) Hit-and-run driver injures boy, 4, on bike at Foster/Pulaski, later turns himself in (NBC) Man shot while riding Divvy at Kinzie/Milwaukee discusses his ordeal (Patch) Chicago Joe’s, […]

CMAP, ATA, and other groups unveil proposal for $27M Lake Calumet bike/ped bridge (Block Club) More coverage of CDOT’s current 100-mile bike lane push (Sun-Times, NBC, CBS) A driver crashed through a guardrail on the Eisenhower in suburban Hillside (NBC) Two Metra police officers stop fleeing man from jumping off bridge in Blue Island (Fox) […]

Illinois AG Raoul launches investigation of Joliet police, including pedestrian and traffic stops (WGN) Sun-Times looks at how youth helped win bike lanes and Divvy stations for Belmont Cragin A Transportation Justice fellow talks about his work getting 16 Divvy stations installed on SE Side (BBSP) Police seek help identifying man who randomly struck person […]