Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 12 – Streetsblog Chicago

• Block Club: “Cop Appears To Yell ‘I’ll Kill You’ Before Fatally Shooting Man Fleeing Traffic Stop, Video Showsâ€

• “Chicago police investigate altercation and possible gunfire on CTA bus†(WGN)

• Great response to Tribune Archer editorial from ATA: “By focusing solely on the project’s new PBLs, the editorial entirely misses the lifesaving purpose of the projectâ€

• Nice summary of the Archer project issues from Kyle Lucas of Better Streets Chicago.

• …We helped encourage Block Club to fix their headline on the subject, which we appreciated.

• Block Club: “Every day, 1,000s of semis roll in and out of sprawling warehouse complexes outside Chicago… They pummel the roads, belch fumes and cause deadly crashes.â€

• Psst… Moovit, friends don’t let friends use AI to write and/or illustrate sustainable transportation news articles (Bluesky, Twitter)

• A City That Works meetup w/ housing advocate Ald. Walter “Red†Burnett (27th) Wed. 5/13, 5:30-7:30 at Midwest Coast Brewing, 2137 W. Walnut St. RSVP here.

• ACTW’s Richard Day, also an SBC contributor, Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, and Indivisible Chicago Crew on Mon. 5/18, 7-8:30 PM at Hideout, talking Build Plan. Register here.

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