Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Wicker Park Apartments

Driver Killed Male Cyclist, 46, in Humboldt Park Yesterday Evening, Fled the Scene (Sun-Times) Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injures Contractor at North Chicago Health Center (Sun-Times) Musk, Who Wants to Build the O’Hare Express, Thinks Transit Is Awful & Scary (Streetsblog USA) Human Transit Critiques Musk’s Statement as “Elite Projection,” Musk Tweets “You’re an Idiot” Emanuel: […]

O’Hare Terminal Expansion Plan Lands Emanuel on Crain’s Best Leaders of 2017 List City Inspector Joe Ferguson Blasts Chicago’s 10-Year Contract for Truck Drivers (Chicago Newsroom) City, Federal Approval Needed for Plan to Spread O’Hare Jet Noise Around the Region (Tribune) Man Robbed, Sexually Assaulted Woman at Cicero Blue Line Station (Tribune) Park Ridge Man […]

O’Hare Express Rail: Vision or Mirage? (Tribune) The BGA Looks at IDOT’s Plan to Widen the Ike, Add Managed Lanes (Crain’s) Johnnie Osborne, 62, Dies 12 Days After Driver Struck Him in Englewood (Sun-Times) Police: Man Walking His Bike Along Kedzie/Homan Platform Accidentally Fell Onto Tracks (NBC) Suburban Express Shuttle Service to U. of I. […]

The Tribune Ridicules Burke and Beale’s Proposal to Ticket Pedestrians for “Distracted Walking” Federal Review of Obama Center Plan Could Strengthen the Hand of Local Organizations (Sun-Times) Blankenhorn: Building and Rebuilding Bridges Is a Top Priority for IDOT (SJR) Driver Charged With DUI After Causing Crash That Killed Woman on Sidewalk in Antioch (Sun-Times) Lawsuit […]

Emanuel Doesn’t Rule Out CTA Fare Hike (Tribune) Reilly, Waguespack Want Aldermanic Oversight on Money Earmarked for CTA, CPS (Sun-Times) Lawsuit Filed Against Driver Who Allegedly Failed to Yield, Killing Motorcyclist (Sun-Times) Active Trans Reports on Last Week’s Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council Meeting Daniel K. Hertz: Long Wait Times Discourage Ridership on the Green Line […]

Ride-Share Fee Will Fund $180 in CTA Infra Upgradess, Including Track, Signal Upgrades (Sun-Times) Criminal Sexual Abuse and Other Non-Index Crime Is up on the CTA in Chicago (Sun-Times) Active Trans Slams Proposal to Fine Pedestrians for “Distracted Walking” (ATA, Sun-Times) Burke Also Wants a City Task Force on Preventing Vehicle Attacks (Tribune) 3 Police Officers […]

Active Trans Releases Report With Recommendations to Speed Up Chicago Buses, Grow Ridership Man Charged With Armed Robberies at Grand, Belmont Red Line Stations (Sun-Times) As Crashes rise, Suburbs Try to Make Walking and Biking Safer (Daily Herald) Has Chicago’s Commercial Real Estate Market Peaked? (Crain’s) Logan Square’s LGBT-Friendly TOD Is Read to Rise (Curbed) […]

Tribune Endorses IDOT/CMAP Proposal to Widen Highways to Add Tolled Lanes Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Cyclist Randy Harrison, 19, in Zion (ABC) Driver Fatally Struck Sneh Badhwar, 69, in Des Plaines (Daily Herald) After Felon Approved to Drive, BACP Demands That Lyft Replace Background Checker (Sun-Times) Red Line Trains Briefly Diverted to […]

City Announces 10 Potential Amazon HQ Sites, Doesn’t Include South Works Site (Sun-Times) Even After Proposed Rid-Share Fee Hike, Uber & Lyft Will Still Be Cheaper Than a Cab (Tribune) 9 People Injured, 3 Critically, When SUV Driver Backs Into Waukegan Restaurant (Fox) “Walk for Noah” Event in Portage Park Honors 2-Year-Old Crash Victim Noah […]

City Tout’s Chicago’s Transportation Network in Official Amazon Bid (Tribune) Teen Crash Deaths in IL Have Dropped by Half Since ’07, Graduated Licenses Credited (Tribune) CBS Looks at Active trans’ Bike Walk Every Town Suburban Advocacy Training Program Man Who Was Pushed Onto ‘L’ Tracks Identifies Suspect in Court as His Attacker (Tribune) CTA Bus […]