How to ride your bike through a Chicago winter and enjoy it
With more than 200 miles of on-street bike lanes and many more miles of off-street paths, Chicago is known as one of the best cities in America for bicycling. But...
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Chicago’s top destinations of 2016, according to Lyft
Before 2016 gets the boot, here's one reminder that there are reasons not to stay cooped up in your home, despite the temptation to do so. Rideshare company Lyft recently...
Colder weather to cause uptick in city’s homeless seeking shelter on CTA
With cold weather and snow in the forecast this winter, you may notice an increase in the number of homeless individuals seeking shelter on your CTA commute. But as we've...
Your NYE transit guide to get you home in one piece
What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve? Getting to and from your ball-dropping fun in one piece, that's what. (Oh, and leaving this craphole of a year behind...
Shrimp juice, line cutters and close talkers: Holiday travel is the worst
The holiday travel season is upon us, meaning millions of people across the country will board planes, trains, buses and more to get where they need to go. To say...
How Chicago’s high murder rate is skewing nationwide crime data
Violence in Chicago has been unrelenting throughout the year, with the number of murders and shootings far surpassing those in 2015. And although Chicago is only one of many major...
5 transit topics that got readers’ blood pumping in 2016
If there is one thing you can count on to be consistent(ly awful) year in and year out, it's Chicago transportation. For example, you know your rush-hour train will always...
All we want for Christmas is this ‘Carpool Karaoke’ segment playing on repeat
Mariah Carey's hit "All I Want for Christmas is You" is the epitome of holiday cheer and pretty much everything we need to get us in the spirit of the...
Friendly reminder: Don’t have sex in your Uber, kthnxbye
So we shouldn't have to say this, but apparently some people need a little, um, refresher: Don't have sex in your Uber, OK? The fact that the rideshare company felt...
Olympian Aly Raisman is actually dating the NFL tight end who asked her out via video
NFL free agent Colton Underwood went out on a limb during the 2016 Rio Olympics: He asked Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman out on a date via video (without ever having...