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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 Bike Lane Uprising party, La Spata, Giannoulias, and CDOT’s Powe urged activists to keep pushing for safe streets

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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 /1 month 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 /4 weeks ago

At Bike Lane Uprising party, La Spata, Giannoulias, and CDOT’s Powe urged activists to keep pushing for safe streets

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. As Christina Whitehouse, founder of Bike Lane Uprising, a civic tech platform for reporting bikeway obstructions, recently told Block Cl...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Take a virtual walk on the Winnslie Parkway Expansion, and ride on the Ravenswood Avenue Greenway

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. A recent street remix along Metra’s Union Pacific Line on Ravenswood Avenue (1800 W.), in the eponymous neighborhoo...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Advocates give a thumbs-up to Tom Kotarac as NITA board chair. Former aviation chief Jamie Rhee chosen as AcTINg executi...

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. This article is by John Greenfield, with additional reporting on statements by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and St...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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 /2 days ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Mid North Side, including Irving Park, Avondale, North Center, and Lincoln Park

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Greetings Streetsblog Chicago followers. Once again, we had wonderful weather in the Windy City today, so this afte...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Big crowd showed up to Chicago Bike PAC’s Campaign Trail Party to root for alders who support Complete Streets

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Note: Streetsblog Chicago does not endorse political candidates. Chicago Bike PAC is a political action committee that’s raisin...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Bronzeville Trail planning turns to access, connections, and filling the gaps

At the project’s second open house, residents weighed in on where people should enter the future elevated trail, how it should connect across missing sections, and what would make...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

NITA asks riders to help shape 2027 transit priorities at Union Station open house

The CTA, Metra and Pace joined the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority for an interactive open house on service, safety, trip planning, transit-friendly communities, and the fu...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Far North Side, including Lincoln Square, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Uptown

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Greetings Streetsblog Chicago readers. I hope you’ve been staying comfortable during today’s gloomy downpour in the...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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 /2 weeks ago

At APTA Expo, Chicagoland’s transit’s future came in two forms: a battery train and a new regional system

Metra unveiled its first battery-electric FLIRT train, while CTA, Metra, Pace, and NITA leaders discussed how new funding and regional coordination could translate into more freque...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Asked by CTA Chair for a “bold” plan to increase ridership, chief innovation officer calls for “100-150 miles of dedicat...

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Admittedly, my previous coverage of Tuesday’s debut CTA board meeting under the Northern Illinois Transit Authority was a bit glas...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 16

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Alders call for traffic safety action in wake of CDOT employee Riley O’Neil’s bike death (Tribune) • Delays on 2 CTA lines a...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 14

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “Man On Electronic Monitoring Jumped Green Line Turnstile Before Killing CTA Janitor: Prosecutors” (Block Club) • “Pritzker’s...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

It’s time to build the Western Avenue Green Line Station

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Sam Kovnar is the founder of the Northwest Neighborhood Alliance, a local volunteer network focused on advocating for safe streets, fa...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Here’s what we heard at one of the three town halls revving up public input for the park district’s micromobility polici...

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. The Chicago Park District is holding three “Micromobility in the Parks” town halls, an opportunity to learn more about “a new state law...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 30

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Crossover driver struck man, 23, on e-scooter, causing injuries requiring hospitalization, helped him up, then fled the scene, S...

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 7

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “1 critically hurt after falling onto CTA tracks Tuesday afternoon at Morgan in West Loop; Pink, Green Line trains resume servic...

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 8

Sponsored by: • A hit-and-run pickup driver may have fatally struck James Ange, 56, Sunday around 8:41 PM at 5-lane Grand Avenue and Baldwin Avenue in Waukegan (ABC)...

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railway-news.com /2 weeks ago

APTA 2026 TRANSform & EXPO Opens in Chicago

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has opened its 2026 TRANSform Conference & EXPO in Chicago, bringing together public transport agencies, policymakers, sup...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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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