Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 12

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  • ATA’s list of top 10 sustainable transportation stories of 2020
  • Second stimulus is big win, but more work to do to save Chicago transit (ATA)
  • WTTW checks in with CTA on the Belmont Flyover project
  • Driver fatally strikes Williams Tee Ervin, 58, in Gary, claims he didn’t see him (Sun-Times)
  • CPD: Woman arrested after “intentionally” striking a barricade near Trump Tower (Sun-Times)
  • 35th Ward participatory budgeting election includes bike lane option (Block Club)
  • Wheel & Sprocket is opening 3rd Chicagoland bike store this spring in Park Ridge (MJS)
  • Chicago commissioning public art with $750K in funding (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 11

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  • CPS students returning to schools; parents weigh safety against education needs (Tribune)
  • Courtney Key, 25, a Black trans woman was found dead, shot and dragged by a driver (Tribune)
  • Chicago carjackings more than double in Chicago during 2020, police say (Tribune)
  • 3 teens charged after crashing carjacked vehicle on Near West Side: police (Sun-Times)
  • Cardenas vows zoning changes in response to plan to waste TOD land on drive-through (MPN)
  • 6 apartments, 1 affordable, planned at 2901 N. Milwaukee, 8 minutes from the ‘L’ (Block Club)
  • Trib architecture critic is retiring, plans “long bike rides along Chicago’s lakefront” (Feder)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 8

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  • How the Democrats’ infra spending plan could benefit Chicago and Illinois (Crain’s)
  • Updates on Lincoln Yards infra plans during a rare public meeting on the development (Block Club)
  • FTA chips in $173M for second set of South Shore Line tracks from Gary to Michigan City (Tribune)
  • Something to look forward to: Damen Green stop will open this year (TOC)
  • Outgoing conservative Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski’s role in securing funding for local transit (Tribune)
  • Driver kills Linda Washington, 50, on sidewalk in Chatham (Sun-Times)
  • Ex-alderman Joe Moreno jailed after striking 8 cars while he had 4X the legal BAC (Tribune)
  • Disabled vet sues feds over injuries from bike crash on North Chicago speed bump (Patch)
  • Advocates are pushing for a new greenway through southern Evanston (Evanston Roundtable)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 7

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  • Will COVID vaccines accelerate a return to downtown offices? (Tribune)
  • Man, 29, found dead on CTA Red Line train near 63rd Street (Sun-Times)
  • 5 critically injured, including 3 kids and teen, after Humboldt Park crash (WGN)
  • Police searching for suspect in December 28 stabbing at Rosemont station (J&T)
  • Driver veered onto the Lakefront Trail near 51st Street bridge Wednesday
  • Franklin Park will see completion of the Metra line Quiet Zone project this year (Tribune)
  • 2 key funding sources that could help your community get bike/ped infrastructure (ATA)
  • 29th Ward PB proposals include bike lanes on Roosevelt, Austin Boulevard (Austin Talks)

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