John Greenfield

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Thanks to StreetsblogMASS Editor Christian MilNeil for his reporting on the Louisa Gag case, and input for this piece.

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 22

• Dan Nyugen’s Crash Stop Data Map documents all severe and fatal traffic crashes in the city of Chicago

Chicago's bidirectional protected bike lane on Dearborn Street in the Loop has stood the test of time. It debuted almost 14 years ago as one of our city's first PBLs, running between Polk Street in the Loop, over the Chicago River, to Kinzie Street on the Near North Side.

• The City is using reportedly using geofencing on Sheridan Road between Bryn Mawr and Devon to prevent e-scooter riding on sidewalks ( “Brandon” and

• 4 teens fleeing authorities in pickup truck, after someone called CPD to report gun threat, plunged off bridge around 2:16 AM in 6900 block of S. Cicero, died in crash (ABC)

Tragically, the case of an SUV driver fatally striking a male pedestrian last night in the Gage Park neighborhood was the third time a motorist struck and killed a person on foot on Western Avenue on the Southwest Side in under three months. And the latest deadly collision happened only a block south of where one of the previous victims was killed.

• State’s Attorney’s Office, CTA launch PSA campaign warning prosecutors will seek pretrial detention for people accused of violent crimes on transit ( Fox )

According to North Loop News' Don DeBatt, the bicycle traffic at Grace Street and Southport Avenue in Lakeview can be blamed on Chicago's "bike-crazy trend." Photo: John Greenfield

Paging Oscar Wilde! Illinois Policy’s latest gripe about the RTA sales tax increase to fund transit is more evidence they know “the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”