Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Total Charters

After endless NIMBY pushback, the Dickens Greenway is finally approved (43rd Ward) Man charged in hit-and-run car crash death of Jamyah Harris, 1, at Jackson/Western last Month (Tribune) Semi rollover crash shuts down I-80 in SW-suburban Minooka (WGN) After disgruntled passenger shots at bus driver, union says it may take legal action against CTA (CBS) […]

Wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan near 63rd kills Naperville man, Chicago woman High-speed Lake Shore Drive crash kills 1, injures 3 near Monroe (ABC) Construction begins on the CTA’s new Bryn Mawr station Today (CBS) IDOT seeks public input on a new study assessing the state’s rail system (RiverBender) Residents asked to weigh in on […]

Metra to restore Saturday service to pre-COVID levels on 7 lines beginning Memorial Day weekend (Tribune) Family of Eric Crawford, 13, slain while biking in McKinley Park, pleads for information (Tribune) Off-duty CPD officer Jose L. Castro, 29, dies in crash after being chased by police for speeding (NBC) Woman, 57, hospitalized after crashing car […]

Illinois could fully reopen to “normal” by June 11, Pritzker says (Block Club) Metra plans to gradually add more train runs to its schedule as workplaces reopen (CBS) Canadian EV maker to build electric buses and trucks at new Joliet factory (Tribune) Lake County’s construction program features major intersection and resurfacing work (Tribune) Has the […]

CPD killing of Anthony Alvarez, 22, spurs more calls for foot chase reform (Block Club) Reader: CPD narrative on carjacking epidemic “built on shoddy data and anecdotal evidence” Proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable slated for a committee vote today (Tribune) Single dad killed in Franklin Park crash by DUI suspect allegedly fleeing […]

7000-Series cars go into service on Blue Line, with screens displaying surveillance images of riders (CBS) Committee vote on DuSable Drive proposal pushed back to 4/29 (BHM) Two CPD officers were injured in a hit-and-run crash in Gresham (ABC) Sun-Times: Lightfoot’s massive rewrite of affordable housing ordinance sails through committee Zoning Committee approves lift of […]

City deploys barricades, trucks in preparation for potential unrest over police shootings (Block Club) Block-by-block analysis of where North Michigan stands after impact of pandemic, unrest (Tribune) CDOT seeking station location input for West and Southwest side Divvy expansion (Block Club) Bus driver fatally struck Agata Gorz, 42, in Palos Heights (Sun-Times) After driver strikes […]

COVID-19 restrictions, including indoor dining ban, may return soon in suburban Cook (Tribune) Sun-Times asks residents about their plans to return to riding transit (Sun-Times) Local leaders tell John they’re jazzed about about Biden’s $2T infra bill (Reader) The Tribune looks at possible projects that could be done with the new infra funding 4 of […]

After driver fatally strikes Kawantis Robinson, 5, in Englewood, family honors him with balloon launch (NBC) One dead, another injured after several motorcyclists crash in Lake in the Hills (CBS) Male driver dies in Arlington Heights high-speed crash (CBS) Hundreds gather for ‘Stop Asian Hate’ march at Logan Square monument (Tribune) Loop Alliance: Downtown pedestrian […]

Hinz: CTA cleanliness, safety got worse during COVID, improvement needed for ridership return (Crain’s) Driver hospitalized after crashing van into CTA bus in Loop (Sun-Times) Driver says GPS led her onto Barrington Metra tracks before car struck, no injuries (CBS) Ride Illinois has funding to provide a $2 incentive to schools for 45K kids to take […]

Chicago expects 55,000 more students in its biggest reopening test yet (Block Club) O’Hare vaxx sites opening for CTA, Metra workers, Uber drivers, flight crews (Tribune) 2 killed, including 83-year-old driver, 5 injured in high-speed Scottsdale crash (ABC) IL Policy: Cams issued a 6 mph+ ticket every 12 seconds (during week no one knew about […]

Chicago lakefront, playgrounds, indoor pools reopening after 11 months of COVID-19 closures (Tribune) ATA endorses fight against permit for General Iron car crushing and metal recycling facility on SE Side City’s plow truck tracker showed some blocks in S. Shore were not plowed for two weeks (Block Club) Driver charged with homicide for killing pedestrian […]