In May,  Alderman Brian Hopkins  joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel in announcing the expansion of the CTA’s free Wi-Fi network service to all downtown Red and Blue Line station platforms. This new service is available at 18 stations and is ideal for commuters who want to quickly download media, large files or simply access the Internet without using their data from their monthly wireless service packages.

Station platforms now equipped with the new Wi-Fi service include:

The Blue Line’s Belmont and Logan Square stations will be equipped with Wi-Fi by late May. The cost of this new Wi-Fi service in all Red and Blue line subway stations is approximately $1 million and was paid out of CTA’s operating budget.

For more info visit: https://transitchicago.com/wifi

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Representatives of Rotary Club of Chicago Cosmopolitan, River North Residents Association and Wateriders joined together on Saturday, May 11 in A. Montgomery Ward Park for the Friends of the Chicago River 40th Annual Chicago River Day Clean-up.  Volunteers worked together to help maintain both the river and our wonderful riverfront park as invaluable resources where residents can play, relax and enjoy nature.

Riverbank before Chicago River Day

Riverbank after cleanup by Charlie from Wateriders

Charlie from Wateriders

Always glad to see Sergeant Chris Schenk from the 18th District!

This week the City of Chicago rolled out a new web-based tool that allows the public to easily find out what types of road construction projects and special events are happening in their neighborhood, called ChiStreetWork. Developed by the Chicago Department of Transportation, this site allows people to search by Ward, neighborhood, intersection or street address and pull up details on permitted construction activities.

Once the search terms are entered, the map populates one month past, current and up to one year of future construction projects and infrastructure upgrades, special events and paving information in the
public way. When a user clicks on an active project or event, it will display the CDOT permit, which includes details such as company name, street or lane closure impacts, work-hours and more.

Along with project and event information, users can find which streets have been repaved in the past 5 years. The map also provides users with features such as bus routes and stops, parking impacts, bike lanes, viaduct heights, speed and red light camera locations, and current traffic conditions.

For more information please click here.

Alderman Reilly Reports 4/26/19

Team Captain Yoly Ortiz and Erin Bauer

Our 018th District Chicago Police Department retained the Superintendent’s Cup for this year’s 15th Annual Run to Remember with Team 018 Blue for Bauer! Congratulations 018th District and Team Captain Yoly Ortiz!

Members of RNRA joined Team 018 Blue for Bauer Saturday May 4 at Gold Star Families Memorial Park. We participated in memory of our beloved Commander Paul Bauer and for all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice.

The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Run to Remember helps raise money to assist families of officers who were tragically killed, wounded or injured in the line of duty.  We must never forget their sacrifices to the city who they served and protected.

This year’s event had more than 7,100 registrants, 350 junior joggers and rasied $600,000.

Team 018 Blue for Bauer shown below had nearly 500 registrants!

RNRA Members join Run to Remember