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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 18

By John Greenfield | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

Schwieterman, Midwest High Speed Rail give Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop scheme side-eye (Tribune) Homeless people displaced by Uptown viaduct bike lanes have returned — city wants them out again (Block Club) Young couple coming home from wife’s birthday party killed in after elderly driver veers into lane (NBC) Driver arrested after striking 2 pedestrians on Lower Wacker […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 17

By John Greenfield | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Chicago’s Low-Income Housing Trust Fund subsidizing unsafe units, new audit shows (Sun-Times) CTA bus driver who was fired after striking a cyclist in River North racked up overtime pay (WTTW) Semi-truck driver crashes in Volo, spills garbage all over the road (CBS) After a terrifying crash in Arlington Heights, residents want traffic calming (NBC) Police: […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 13

By John Greenfield | Dec 13, 2019 | No Comments

Man charged with murder of Macksantino Webb, 20, inside the Howard Red Line Station (Sun-Times) Teen dead after police chase ends with car crash into house in Roseland (WGN) Pickup driver crashed into 5 parked cars in Logan Wednesday night, no injuries (Block Club) Oak Lawn manager charged with hit-and-run will get nearly $100K in […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 12

By John Greenfield | Dec 12, 2019 | No Comments

MPC head discusses what she wants to see new CDOT chief Gia Biagi accomplish (Sun-Times) Metra’s on-time record is slipping, and the worst route is the Heritage Line to Joliet (Tribune) Metra may eliminate the option of paying cash on board (Tribune) Video shows park district worker on LFT escaping salt truck before it slid […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 11

By John Greenfield | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

Zotti: To grow Chicago’s population, we need to stem Black flight, develop the South Lakefront (Sun-Times) “Fare-capping 101” by Streetsblog writer Lynda Lopez (Active Trans) Chicago Park District workers are OK after their truck slid into the lake while salting LFT near Oak (WGN) Block Club looks at cyclists’ successful campaign to keep the bike-friendly […]

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