Lake Street Bridge Work Extends CTA Green and Pink Line Disruptions as Police Report Lincoln Park Bus Crash

Replacement work on the Lake Street Bridge has been extended by two days, prolonging CTA Green and Pink Line service disruptions downtown, according to city officials and local reports. In a press release, the CTA stated that CDOT announced a two-day extension of the Lake Street Bridge replacement work. CBS News reported that alignment issues at the Lake Street Bridge are prolonging the CTA Green and Pink Line service disruption. According to the Chicago Tribune, the city said the Lake Street Bridge work will extend the closure of the Green and Pink lines downtown for 2 more days, while FOX 32 Chicago reported that normal Chicago train services will be delayed due to the Lake Street Bridge work.

On the North Side, a woman was critically hurt after being hit by a CTA bus in Lincoln Park, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. According to ABC7 Chicago, Chicago police said the woman was hit by the CTA bus on DuSable Lake Shore Drive. CBS News reported that the woman was hit by the CTA bus in the roadway on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Elsewhere in the city, Chicago police are searching for a man wanted for aggravated battery at the CTA Red Line station on 95th Street in Roseland, ABC7 Chicago reported. In a separate incident in Englewood, ABC7 Chicago reported that multiple families were displaced after a Chicago fire destroyed an apartment building near 64th Street and South Normal Avenue. Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Monday that NITA has unprecedented power to develop land near transit and examined how that authority could change local neighborhoods.

Downtown, ABC7 Chicago reported that the Arts in the Dark Parade drew nearly 100,000 spectators as part of Chicago's Halloween events. Looking ahead, FOX 32 Chicago reported that warm temperatures will continue through Halloween, while NBC 5 Chicago noted that clocks will "fall back" in one week, bringing earlier sunsets to the Chicago area.