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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 21

By John Greenfield | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

Block Club looks at the City Council vote approving the equitable transit-oriented development ordinance More coverage of yesterday’s vote against allowing 9 mph speeding near parks, schools (Tribune, Block Club, Sun-Times) During debate over speed cameras, UIC professors called for “redesigning streets to slow driving” in a Sun-Times op-ed The Council also voted to crack […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 19

By John Greenfield | Jul 19, 2022 | No Comments

Lightfoot says she won’t “sit idly by” and allow alders to essentially raise default speed limit to 39 (CBS) Remembering Hannah Hayes, writer, teacher, and activist killed in Bronzeville hit-and-run (ABC, HP Herald) Child among five injured in crash on Eisenhower Expressway near Kedzie (ABC) SUV driver inflicts head injury on woman walking bike in […]

Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 18

By AJ LaTrace | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

The application for Bike Chicago, CDOT’s free bike giveaway program, will open today at 11:00 am. Visit chicago.gov/bikechicago to learn about eligibility and how to apply. Lag in protections for transit workers could hamper hiring and system upgrades (Politico) Commentary: CTA stations should have Narcan to prevent opioid overdoses (Sun-Times) Lincoln Square affordable housing plan moving forward […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 15

By AJ LaTrace | Jul 15, 2022 | No Comments

Chicago Transit Authority Union president Keith Hill discusses new hiring plan on WGN Radio Pedestrian struck and killed by Metra train in Evanston (CBS Chicago) P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at UIC warns that Metra ridership may not return to pre-pandemic levels (Crusader) Meanwhile, CTA ridership is back to pre-pandemic levels during […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 14

By AJ LaTrace | Jul 14, 2022 | No Comments

A bicyclist is in critical condition after being struck by a truck driver in Jefferson Park (Nadig Newspapers) CTA leaders vow to hire more operators and improve train and bus tracking system (Block Club) City’s 10-year planning proposal aims to address old wrongs (Sun-Times) The local 10-day Intelligentsia Cup cycling race series starts July 22 […]

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