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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 17

By John Greenfield | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

UIC’s Kate Lowe discusses what Biden-Harris could mean for Chicago transportation (WTTW) Lightfoot proposes removing $16M CTA earmark from ride-hail tax, raising city gas tax (Block Club) Blue Line was suspended from Racine to North/Damen yesterday due to medical emergency (CBS) Mother and son charged in attack on teens who chalked ‘Biden 2020’ in South […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 16

By John Greenfield | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

Downtown SSA proposed in response to looting, but Alds. aren’t on board (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver struck and killed cyclist in Aurora (ABC) Driver fatally struck Efren Avitia, 75, on his bike in Cicero (Sun-Times) With COVID-19, taking shelter gets complicated for chilly Metra riders (Daily Herald) New smart kiosks bring technology, information to Bronzeville […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 13

By John Greenfield | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments

Pritzker issues state Stay at Home guidelines, warns they could become mandatory (NBC) How Chicago’s transit shutdowns during BLM protests negatively impacted residents (The Appeal) Transit agencies surveying riders about post-COVID reality (Evanston Now) Man in his 60s killed in Lake Forest hit-and-run; police search for white pickup truck (Tribune) Driver dies after car/Metra train […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 12

By John Greenfield | Nov 12, 2020 | No Comments

State urges all Illinoisans to stay home again as 145 more COVID deaths reported (Block Club) Driver who allegedly killed Tushar Sharma, 27, charged with reckless homicide (Tribune) Driver charged with aggravated DUI in fatal August crash on I-55 (Fox) Blue Line derailment was caused by tire from car crash near Harlem (Tribune) Chicago has […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 11

By John Greenfield | Nov 11, 2020 | No Comments

Rahm had a good record on transportation — should he be USDOT chief? (No.) (Chicago Mag) How government and private industry let Madison St. in Garfield Park crumble (Block Club) More information needed about airflow on Chicagoland buses and trains (ATA) Some city officials urge ‘s little flexibility’ on COVID restrictions to support businesses (Block […]

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