ICYMI: Yesterday People for Bikes' new City Ratings absurdly ranked Chicago as tied with El Paso for the worst large US city for biking.
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The victim was 27. Apologies for the typo.
Headlines: How to take public transit to today’s Obama Center opening ceremony watch party; SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: “Metra gets RTA funding for Central Street station"; A City That Works op-ed by a CTA bus driver.
ICYMI the full City Council approved the purchase of Chicago's Greyhound station today! 🥳 🚌 🚌 🚌
Here's a statement from the mayor heralding the decision. And kudos local Ald. Bill Conway (34), a former skeptic who became a champion of the project. 👍
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At Bike Grid's 6/8 memorial for Riley O'Neil, they noted that protected lanes would have prevented the tragedy.
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Their 6/15 protest brought their demands for safe streets to the local Council member's office.
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/17/c... @usa.streetsblog.org
There is a train directly behind this one: A follow-up bill for the NITA Act.
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Gone-not-forgotten '90s rocker Jeff Buckley would approve of this bike ride, because he recorded a live version of his song "Grace" at Metro, just south of Grace Street. 1/X
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ_2...
Take a virtual preview ride of the Grace Greenway here:
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/05/a...
Update on the tragic fatal shooting shooting of a man, 37, riding a Divvy on Tuesday around 12:30 AM near Jackson/Columbus in Grant Park. This morning News Affair told us, "Detectives are speaking to a person of interest."
Background:
One more note: Below, I should have left out the "Presumably he's referencing" and just written, "The tragedy on Halsted would have been prevented by PBLs," so sorry for that.
All right, hopefully this is resolved. I've appreciated CBGN!'s great work this month.
Stay safe, all,
John Greenfield
So while I wanted to point out that the statement wasn't a major "factual error" on SBC's part, it was reasonable for your to request that I tighten up the language, which I have done.
OK, hopefully that's settled. Now when are you going to write your next brilliant article for us? 😉
A 27-year-old man riding a bike in Grant Park was killed in a shooting Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.
