Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Trump: Stop-and-Frisk Policing is the Answer to Chicago’s Crime Problem (Tribune) Emanuel’s Budget Includes $1M for Shared Cost Sidewalk Program (Sun-Times) Walter Najera, 3, Killed in East Side Rollover Crash (Sun-Times) Milwaukee District-West Switch Problem at Roselle Causing Major Delays (ABC) Mapping the 49 High-Rises Under Construction in Chicago Right Now (Curbed) TOD With 105 […]

$132M U.S. DOT Grant for Chicago’s CREATE Anti-Rail Congestion Program (Roads & Bridges) Police Chase Ends With Child and 2 Adults Dead, 3 Injured in Englewood (Tribune) 24-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed While Walking on Loyola Park Bike Path Metra Cited as Model for Preventing Train Deaths, With 104 Recent Suicide Interventions (Herald) Signal Problems […]

CTA Is Getting $100M in Core Capacity Grants for Red & Purple Line Upgrades (CBS) Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Man on Bike in Pulaski Park, 67, on Sunday Afternoon (Tribune) CTA Driver Hospitalized After Bus Filled With Fumes (Tribune) Motorcyclists Grope Woman on Bike on Milwaukee, Punch Out Her Husband (Block Club) CTA Drivers Report an […]

Metra: No Fare Hike This Time But Cuts Are Ahead Without More State Funding (CTJ) Police: Man, 53, Was Leaning Over Monroe Red Line Platform When Fatally Struck (Sun-Times) Family of Aimee Marie Coath Gets $6M Settlement From Fatal 2015 CTA Bus Crash (WBBM) Man Sexually Assaulted CTA Bus Driver, Tried to Drive Bus Away […]

Women Killed When Sheriff’s Deputy Struck Their Car Were Sisters Returning From Work (Tribune) Police Chase After Attempted Traffic Stop Ends With Crash at Sox Park (ABC) New BNSF Schedule Forces Riverside Parents to Adjust School Drop-off Routine (Landmark) TOD With 117 Units, No On-Site Parking, Planned Next to Congress Theater (Curbed) Prosthetics Give a […]

Driver Flees After Crashing Into Pole in Avondale, Killing 1 Passenger and Injuring 2 (Sun-Times) CTA Blue Line Service Suspended After Suspect Runs Onto Tracks in Eisenhower Median (ABC) Metra Problems Still Being Worked Out After Monday’s BNSF Gridlock (CBS) Lipinski Announces $8.6M in Federal Funs for Positive Train Control (Beverly Review) Chicago Is Installing […]

More Coverage of Illinois Adding the “Dutch Reach” to Driver Curriculum (CBS, Tribune) Sun-Times Is Looking for Bike Crash Footage for a Follow-up to Recent Editorial (Chainlink) After Angela Park’s Death, Letters Blame Main-Street Bikeways, Cyclists (Sun-Times) NWU Prof: Let’s Implement Congestion Pricing Instead of a Ride-Share Cap (Crain’s) Metra Gets an Earful Over Massive Delays […]

Sun-Times: ATA’s Call for Moratorium on Road Widening “Takes [Pro-Transit Argument] Too Far” CPD’s Glen Brooks Discusses Bike Ticketing & Other Community Issues on Chicago Tonight CTA Is Adding 4,800 Hi-Def Security Cams, on top of 4,800 Announced in February (NBC) Driver Taken Into Custody for Possible DUI in Fatal N. Lawndale Rollover Crash (WGN) […]

After Driver Killed Alyssa Lendino, 16, Friends Set up Lemonade Stands to Benefit Family (ABC) Concrete Falls off Englewood Building, Injuring Pedestrians (CBS) Ben Joravsky Discusses the CPD’s Racially Skewed Bike Ticketing Practices With ChiGov.com …And John Discusses the Issue on Outside the Loop Radio The Daily Herald Looks at How the CREATE Program Will Help […]

The Tribune Looks at the Trend of Protesters Blocking Highways Sun-Times: Let’s Have Real “Zero Tolerance” for CTA Drivers Who Crash While Distracted Waguespack (Unrealistically) Worries About a Car2go-Created Parking Crunch (Block Club) Speeding Driver Killed Former CFD Ambulance Commander & His Wife in South Deering (ABC) Van Driver Critically Injured Pedestrian in Garfield Park […]

The City Is Interested in Working With Bike Lane Uprising to Keep Lanes Clear (Tribune) City Council Votes to Close the Chicago Ave. Underpass to the LFT at Night (Sun-Times) Driver Who Killed ALyssa Lendino, 16, While Doing 107 Charged With Homicide (Tribune) NWU History Professor & Balbo Booster Debate Whether Street Should Be Renamed […]

Can We Learn From The 606 Experience & Prevent Future Displacement? (Curbed) Why Wasn’t Reverting N. LSD to a Surface Road Considered? (Transport Politic) Driver in Critical Condition After Crashing Into Homewood Dairy Queen (NBC) Avondale Food Pantry Closed After Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Manager (Block Club) Lawsuit Accuses City of Exceeding $250 Cap on Fines for Drivers […]