Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

Equiticity op-ed in Crain’s: Walking, biking, and transit conditions for POC Chicagoans are inequitable Crain’s editorial calls for a gas tax holiday in Illinois. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea (Slate) Sun-Times editorial: Chicago should consider bringing back CTA conductors and/or a transit police unit Ex-cop who worked on CTA: “Enforcing minor infractions on transit […]

CTA statement acknowledges it’s assigning unarmed guards to patrol hot spots at certain times of day Experts say downtown could see activity jump in April as more workers return to the offices (Sun-Times) Driver, 16, dies after striking traffic signal pole on 6-lane Butterfield Road near Orchard Road in Wheaton (NBC) $3.7M awarded to man […]

Clear Path program with 1/2-off tickets for low-income residents, starts in April (Block Club) Lawsuit CPD’s failure to implement foot chase policy led to killing of Anthony Alvarez (Block Club) Box truck driver who struck IDOT vehicle on I-57 ticketed for violating Scott’s Law (WGN) Metra will do “safety blitzes” at 51 stations, doing outreach […]

People for Bikes said Chicago cycling is awful, New Bike League report says our city is a best practice (Bloomberg) Welcome back Carter: Alders scold CTA prez for skipping hearing on agency getting $26.1 M in tax revenue (Block Club) Chief equity officer Candace Moore says equitable TOD is part of Chicago’s Year of Healing […]

Activists protested upcoming release of killer cop Van Dyke, calling for citywide CTA shutdown (Tribune) Instead of getting fired, official in botched Little Village implosion gets written reprimand (Block Club) Police: Driver blew a red light in Waukegan, causing 4-car crash that killed another motorist (NBC) 19-year-old woman injured in shooting, crash near Joliet mall […]

Pritzker tries to justify plans to spend billions in federal funds to widen expressways in NPR interview Lightfoot defended plans to host NYE fireworks as COVID-19 surges in the city (Block Club) 1 dead, 2 injured after driver of car full of teens crashes into parked vehicle, tree in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times) Owner of Pedestrian […]

CPS prepared to switch to remote in least-vaccinated areas if classroom cases spike (Block Club) Driver who died after striking stopped semi in N. Chicago IDed as entrepreneur Slobodan Pavlovic, 83 (LMS) Mother facing DUI charges after 6-year-old son ejected in Oak Lawn crash (NWI Times) Demo begins just S. of Lake/Ashland station with 210 […]

Police: Man, 62, found dead at Arlington Park Metra station, no evidence of foul play (AHC) Driver ran a red in Park Manor, hit another vehicle, critically injured pedestrian, and struck building (CBS) Police: Father drove drunk, crashed car, breaking son’s leg, and abandoned child at a store (FOX) Police officer injured in collision with […]

Urban Land Institute floats ideas for improving Mag Mile, including new bridge to LFT (Sun-Times) Trucker carrying a payload of salt crashed on I-88 near Eola Rd., 1 seriously injured (CBS) 2 men are in fair condition after shooting near Garfield Red stop, trains skipped station (ABC) Boy, 15, arrested, charged in beating of CTA […]

Cahill: Chicago transit needs to improve to win new riders. Could P3s fund new rail lines? (Crain’s) Driver ran red at Pratt/Wester, killing two women on sidewalk, no citations (ABC) 1 dead, 3 injured after head-on crash on DLSD in Streeterville (ABC) Hit-and-run driver killed man, 59, biking in Back of the Yards (ABC) CTA […]

Man was tired of seeing drivers nearly hit kids. Now he’s a volunteer crossing guard  (Block Club) Tensions rise in contract negotiations between Metra and unions (Tribune) 200-unit mixed-use tower with 99 spots is rising near the Chicago Ave. ‘L’ station (YIMBY) The Chicago Plan Committee has approved a new golf practice area at 3701 N. […]