Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Musk Shows Off Tunneling Hardware for His (Not-Invented Yet) OE Pods (Curbed) Manhattan Institute Fellow Praises Emanuel’s TOD, Affordable Housing Policies (Crain’s) Almost 900 Mixed-Income Homes Planned for Former Harold Ickes Site (Tribune) Motorcyclist Killed in Crash Near 95th and Halsted (ABC) Driver Flips Car, Grazes Pedestrian in Naperville, Causing Minor Injuries (Patch) Cyclist Knocked […]

Sun-Times: Costs for O’Hare People Mover Project Soar Due to No-Bid Add-ons Driver Who Fled Traffic Stop, Causing Fatal Car Crash, Is in Custody (ABC) CTA Bus Driver Struck and Injured Man in Marquette Park (Tribune) CTA Installs New HD Cameras at Red Line Stations (ABC) Blue Island Branch of Metra Electric Will Be Shut […]

2 Children Critically Injured in Bronzeville Crash (NBC) Driver Who Fled Police Charged With Murder in Crash Death of Diane Lampsa, 66 (Tribune) Block Club Looks at Active Trans’ Proposal to Make Logan/Western Area Safer Why Eric Zorn Opposes Renaming Balbo Drive for Ida B. Wells (Tribune) Metra BNSF Signal Problems Near Naperville Cause Delays, […]

More Commentary on Musk Building O’Hare Express (Tribune, Sun-Times, Chicago Mag, ATA) City Breaks Ground on Garfield Gateway in Washington Park Neighborhood (Curbed) 5 Chicago Transportation Proposals That Never Got off the Ground (Tribune) WTTW Journalist Elizabeth Brackett Has Died From Injuries After Lakefront Trail Bike Crash Pedestrian Struck in Southwest Suburban Matteson (Sun-Times) Boy, 9, […]

Active Trans: More Cams, Lower Speed Limits Needed to Address Pedestrian Fatalities (Sun-Times) The Tribune Tries to Measure the Success of Chicago’s Vision Zero Program One Year Later City Launches Design Competition Announced for New O’Hare Terminal (ABC) …Although the Winning Loop Link Station Design Had Zero Influence on the Final Product Study Finds That […]

Council Approves Obama Center Plan, Including Road Widening, by 47-1 Vote (Tribune) Fight in Springfield Brewing Between Traditional Car Rental & App-Based Services (Crain’s) Chicago Loses Population for the 3rd Year in a Row (Sun-Times) After Stabbing on Red Line Near Argyle, CTA riders Say They’re Concerned About Safety (ABC) No Ticket for Senior Who […]

Obamas Are in Town to Muster Support for Center at Plan Commission Hearing (Sun-Times) Sun-Times Voices Support for the OPC’s Proposed Jackson Park Location (Sun-Times) Uber Express Pool Offers Cheaper Rides in Exchange for Walking to Pick-up (Sun-Times) Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Man, 57, Near 69th Street Red Line Station (Sun-Times) Police Are Searching Repair Shops […]

Zorn Blasts Richard M. Daley’s Parking Policies, William Daley Defends Them (Tribune) Metra Will Spend $500K Testing New Fare Structure, 1 Day Pass (Tribune) CTA Approves Renting Wilson Space to Chicago Market, Extends 31st St. Bus Pilot (Tribune) Man Charged With Aggravated DUI After Fatal Eisenhower Crash (CBS) Joravsky & Glowacz Discuss Bike Safety, and […]

Dockless Bikeshare Systems Expanding Across the U.S. (Next City) Full Press Release for Pace Dockless Bike-Sharing Launch for South Side (Globe Newswire) Chicago Riverwalk Opens May 18 With Three Days of Events (Loop North News) Parts Of Lake Shore Drive To Close Later This Week For Bridge Work (CBS Chicago) Campaign Taps Commuters’ Complaints to […]

Tribune Editorial: If We Want Decent Transportation, We Need to Find New Ways to Fund It Metra Looks at Ways to Ensure That All Fares Are Collected (Tribune) Aldermen Overwhelmingly Vote to Save the Dodge Avenue Protected Bike Lanes (Daily Northwestern) Wilson/Lamon, Site of an Aldermanic Showdown 3 Years Ago, Will Keep Eastbound Traffic (Nadig) […]

Committee Approves Reilly’s Proposal to Triple Double Parking Fines (Sun-Times) O’Hare Express Hopeful Elon Musk Raises $113M for Tunnels & Hyperloop (Crain’s) Officers Accused of Scheme to Provide Free United Center Parking to Cops (Sun-Times) Developers Propose City’s 2nd-Largest Skyscraper Next to Trib Tower Condos (Tribune) CBS Talks With Residents About the Proposal to Extend […]