This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes.It's getting down to the wire as Illinois legislators try to pass a transit reform and funding bill during their fall veto session, which wraps up next week from Tuesday through Thursday. If they don't approve such legislation soon, the result could be major service cuts and layoffs for the CTA, Metra, and Pace. The post Illinois State Sen. Ram Villivilam provides an update on efforts to get a transit reform/funding bill to the finish line appeared f...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • "Transit Leaders Plead For Lawmakers To Fill $200 Million Shortfall As CTA, Metra Cuts Loom" (Block Club) The post Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 24 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois.As we approach the the end of October, things are getting eerie. I'm not talking about spectral Halloween decorations. (Sorry, I wound up squeezing two different holiday references into this post.) Rather, I'm referring to the haunting possibility that state legislators may go home from their fall veto session, wrapping up Tuesday through Thursday of next week, without passing a transit reform and funding bill. That could result in service cuts and lay...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • "We need to get through the next two years at least with a [transit] funding mechanism,” said GOP Rosemont Rep. Brad Stephens (WTTW) The post Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 23 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
The police chief provided information about the movements of the truck driver and bike rider before the crash, and said the department is trying to meet with IDOT. The post After a semi driver fatally struck Chance Hunnicutt, 13, on his bike in Manhattan, IL, mayor calls for “safe streets, protected crossings” appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.• After semi driver fatally struck boy, 13, on bike near Manhattan Metra station, mayor posted, "Our children deserve safe streets, protected crossings" (NBC) The post Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 22 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.In May 2024, Juan Sebastian Arias started his current position as executive director of Elevated Chicago, an organization that helps encourage equitable transit-oriented development. Here's an interview with him from back then by Streetsblog Chicago's John Greenfield. The post Elevated Chicago’s Juan Sebastian Arias discusses how his ETOD coalition is advocating for averting the transit fiscal cliff appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
Tragically, a speeding hit-and-run sedan driver fatally struck a woman on foot early Sunday morning in West Englewood. According to the Chicago Police Department, on Sunday, October 19, around 2:13 a.m., officers responded to a report of a pedestrian crash near 66th Street and Ashland Avenue. Police said the driver of a grey Nissan Maxima had been speeding north on Ashland when they struck the the female adult victim, and then fled the scene. The post Speeding hit-and-run sedan driver killed ...| Streetsblog Chicago
Sponsored by: • UChicago municipal finance expert Justin Marlowe explains, "What caused Chicago’s transit funding crisis—and what could fix it" (UChicago News) The post Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 21 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance.Whether the subject is traffic safety or transit funding you can almost always count on the right-leaning Illinois Policy Institute think tank to get the story wrong when it comes to livable streets issues. The post Right-wing Illinois Policy: Transit funding plan would hurt Prairie State residents “who don’t use CTA, Metra or Pace.” Here’s why they’re wrong. appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
Today’s monthly CTA board meeting took place as Illinois lawmakers are getting ready to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, scheduled for October 14-16 and October 28-30. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they will finally pass a transit funding/reform bill, permanently saving our region from previously projected 40 percent service cuts and…| chi.streetsblog.org
• 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
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
At the Truman College event, Sen. Mike Simmons and Sen Ram Villivalam disputed claims about the transit bill from Republican senators.| 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
