This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. The post Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 8 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by The Bike Lane.Yesterday, I visited the site where a northbound minivan driver fatally struck Juslene Akeza, 4, as she was crossing Talman Avenue (2630 W.) westbound on the north side of Granville Avenue (6200 W.) in West Ridge. That tragedy happened along the recently installed Granville Avenue Neighborhood Greenway. But as I noted in my writeup of the crash, the new east-west street design was basically irrelevant to the motorist's failure to hit the brakes in time...| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes.The organizers of the annual Sadie Hawkins Style Ride describe the event as "an all-skill-level, self-guided, scavenger-hunt-style bicycle ride, open to anyone that wants to ride." They add, "We dress in costumes or high-style gear, and bicycle decorations are encouraged as well. The ride is as long or as short as anyone wants to go, with an excellent afterparty and prizes afterwards." The post For the second year in a row, the Sadie Hawkins Style Ri...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • Don't mess with Illinois! "Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area" (Tribune) The post Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 7 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
Tragically, a 72-year-old minivan driver fatally struck Juslene Akeza, 4, as she was crossing the street last Wednesday during the evening rush in the West Ridge neighborhood. The motorist was cited for negligent driving. According to the initial police report, on Wednesday, October 1, around 5:43 p.m., the girl was crossing Talman Avenue (2630 W.) westbound on Granville Avenue (6200 N.) The intersection has four-way stop signs. The minivan driver was heading northbound when he struck her. Th...| Streetsblog Chicago
• Feds claim ICE agent shot driver, 30, because agents were “rammed by [drivers] and boxed in by 10 cars” near Pershing/Kedzie (Block Club) • Funding uncertainty looms for the Red Line Extension and the Red & Purple Modernization Project: Crain’s Daily Gist podcast • The Tribune takes a deep dive into Trump’s attempt at RLE, RPM train robbery…| chi.streetsblog.org
This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois.In the past week, the Trump administration has done its best to create anxiety and mayhem in the Chicago-area walk/bike/transit scene. His transit chief Marc Molinaro ran an op-ed in the Tribune that not only got the facts about local public transportation safety very wrong, but also doubled as a thinly viewed threat to send in the National Guard. The post Don’t mess with Illinois! Advocates and local politicians say Trump’s latest interference wit...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • "RTA lowered the projected 2026 fiscal cliff facing mass transit by over $500M today, but the deficit is set to rise again in 2027 to nearly $800M." (Crain's) The post Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 3 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.On Tuesday, the curtains closed on last month's "Save Chicago Transit: The Comedy Show," a weekly series presented by Funny You Should Care at Second City. Meanwhile, it's now October, the month in which Illinois state legislators will hopefully pass a public transportation reform and finance bill that will rescue our region from the looming transit fiscal cliff. The post Watch: The final installment of “Save Chicago Transit: The Comedy Show...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • "Hundreds Protest Downtown As Trump Says Troops Are Coming To Chicago 'Very Soon'" (Block Club) The post Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 2 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
• Block Club: “What Will Downtown Look Like In 2045? [Central Area Plan 20245] Calls For Better Transit, Riverwalk Extension And More” • Ex-CTA equity officer Denise Barreto, “Where are the Black voices in the transit debate?” (Tribune) • …Some of them include Welch, Buckner, Simmons, Martin, Raby, Schultz, and Grimshaw. • High Speed Rail Alliance: “Kam…| chi.streetsblog.org
The CTA held the last of its 2025 budget town halls yesterday, allowing more members of the community to voice their concerns and opinions about the looming $771 million regional transit fiscal cliff. The event took place at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd. While officials acknoewledged the budget crisis, it was a “good…| chi.streetsblog.org
• CTA Board Member Roberto Requejo: We can find $1B to save and improve Chicagoland transit by using one weird trick! • Rep. Buckner: “Some people are saying [passing transit bill] can wait, but for the sake of our transit systems we have to get this done now.” (Evanston Now) • “Known” driver struck and critically injured…| chi.streetsblog.org
At the Truman College event, Sen. Mike Simmons and Sen Ram Villivalam disputed claims about the transit bill from Republican senators.| chi.streetsblog.org
• Driver who killed Anakin Perez, 9, Thursday around 7:40 AM in front of McNair Elementary in Austin, ticketed. Parents want more crossing guards. (Block Club) • USDOT chief “threatens to pull CTA funding over safety concerns” (CBS) • “CTA union leader calls for dedicated transit police after string of attacks on workers” (CBS) • Man, 42, charged…| chi.streetsblog.org
Streetsblog is Chicagoland's transportation news and advocacy website.| chi.streetsblog.org
By Daniel Koslovsky As the $771 million total northeast Illinois transit fiscal cliff looms, public transportation agencies and advocates are calling for $1.5 billion in additional yearly state funding to upgrade the public transportation system. The discourse over fully funding local transit is based on the assumption that it’s worth the money to do so.…| chi.streetsblog.org
A relatively recent addition to the Chicago bike scene is Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago, which describes itself as a “safe space for women, femme, nb, and trans Chicagoans to ride bikes together.” The group was co-founded by Sammy Schneider (she/her), who grew up biking around Skokie. After after moving back to Chicagoland from Miami, she […]| chi.streetsblog.org
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.| chi.streetsblog.org
Let decision-makers know it would be a huge mistake to rebuild the eight-lane shoreline highway without transit lanes during a global warming crisis.| chi.streetsblog.org
