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  • Thursday’s Chicago Bike PAC Campaign Trail Party will be a who’s who of bicycle-friendly politicians and organizations
  • Sweatin’ with the alders: As Bike the Drive highlights the perks of a less car-centric shoreline, Ald. Vasquez and Ald.
  • At Transit-a-Thon, CTA Acting Prez Nora Leerhsen tells advocates: “I need your pressure”

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 hours ago

Thursday’s Chicago Bike PAC Campaign Trail Party will be a who’s who of bicycle-friendly politicians and organizations

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Chicago BikePAC, a political action committee with the goal of electing politicians who support better bike infrast...

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chi.streetsblog.org /19 hours ago

Sweatin’ with the alders: As Bike the Drive highlights the perks of a less car-centric shoreline, Ald. Vasquez and Ald....

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. The Active Transportation Alliance’s annual Bike the Drive, which opens all eight lanes of Chicago’s DuSable Lake Shore Drive for car-fr...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

At Transit-a-Thon, CTA Acting Prez Nora Leerhsen tells advocates: “I need your pressure”

Transit-a-Thon attendees gathered at DePaul’s Loop campus to brainstorm the future of regional rail, transit-oriented development, high-speed rail, and advocacy in the NITA era.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

It’s time for Streetsblog Chicago’s Bike Lane Fest 2025-26

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Howdy, Streetsblog Chicago readers. I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya at length about our city’s ex...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

After pushback from advocates and alders, Council OKs CTA Chair Barclay for new NITA, CTA boards in close vote

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. This is an update on our post on yesterday’s Committee on Transportation and Public Way vote, which you can read below.  This a...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Efforts to reconnect the West Side and fix Blue Line slow zones discussed at Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. The Chicago Department of Transportation held its third quarterly Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting yesterday...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Many locals say People for Bikes rating Chicago as tied for worst was wrong. But what *should* we do to improve cycling?

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Check out People For Bikes’ 2026 City Ratings report here. Check out their 2026 ratings for Chicago here. As...

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 26

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “Editorial: Chicago has dreamed of an O’Hare express for decades. This one deserves a shot.” (Crain’s) • “This proposed shutt...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Fresh Kermit: Checking out the CTA Green Line’s new, ADA-compliant Austin Station

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Reporting for this article was done by J. Niimi, with additional commentary by John Greenfield. Last week, feder...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

NITA reason to celebrate? Here are some thoughts about today’s Northern Illinois Transit Authority launch from the agenc...

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. As stated in recent articles posted on Streetsblog Chicago, there’s reason for healthy skepticism about whether Chicagoland’s new Northe...

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rtands.com /4 weeks ago

CTA’s Fully Accessible Austin Green Line Station Reopens

CHICAGO - The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and local and state officials celebrated the fully accessible Austin Green Line station. The post CTA’s Fully Accessible Austin Green...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 19

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • A woman was hospitalized after being struck by a Metra MDW train at Schaumburg Station on Tuesday afternoon (ABC) • …Chicago...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 2

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Family of Dominique Pollion, 37, stabbed and killed last January on Blue Line by man who filmed the attack, is suing CTA (WTTW)...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

Dozens braved the rain to learn what Chicago, Bike Grid Now! has done in the past year, and their goals for 2027

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Last Wednesday evening, rainy weather didn’t stop dozens of people, many of them on bikes, from showing up to the annual Chicago, Bike...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 14

Sponsored by: • CTA press releases on pilots for outreach to unhoused riders and Safe Ride Specialist interventions, which SBC discussed yesterday • CTA Advances...

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 25

Sponsored by: • Amtrak train struck pedestrian Monday around 1:30 PM between Cicero and Western BNSF stations near Albany, disrupting Metra service (NBC) • …Chica...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 18

Sponsored by: • CPD releases images of man who allegedly yelled profanities at and slapped a woman riding bus 7/29 around 10:12 PM on 1500 block of North Clybourn Av...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 12

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Metra UP-W train fatally struck person Tuesday around 8 PM near Lombard (WGN) • …Chicago Department of Public Health: “If you...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

How Omari Bektemba’s campaign for a more people-friendly Fullerton inspired him to run for 35th Ward alderperson

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. I”ve been acquainted with Omari Bektemba, 32, a senior project manager at a local affordable housing nonprofit, through the Chicag...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Moving Archer Forward plan calls for improving safety and stations, plus eTOD, but no specific redesign of Archer Avenue

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Reporting on the Moving Archer Forward meeting is by Ellen Steinke, and discussion of the Archer traffic safety project is by John Gre...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 15

• Here's Steven Vance's letter to Ald. Bill Conway (34) asking him to defer the Finance Committee’s vote to fund a huge parking garage on The 78 with no transit investments.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 28

Sponsored by: • Person on foot killed in hit-and-run crash along Dan Ryan Expressway (WGN) • “Man charged with setting woman on fire on CTA Blue Line, not in court fo...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 11

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Driver struck and killed man, 46, critically injured man, 36, who were crossing 5-lane Irving Park Road at McKool Avenue in Hano...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 14

Sponsored by: • “Illinois Secretary of State warns about high-powered e-bikes, launches safety campaign” (NBC) • Bike rider was reportedly assaulted after taking...

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