Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 1

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  • Bargain alert: Metra launches a $100 “Super Saver” monthly pass good for unlimited travel all over the region
  • One dead after motorist drives off Bishop Ford near 115th, rolls over and crashes through fence (CBS)
  • Ford Focus driver struck and critically injured man, 30, on bike at 69th/Wabash in Grand Crossing (CBS)
  • Man suffers minor injury after jumping off top of Blue Line train in East Garfield Park (Sun-Times)
  • 3 years after Beverly Zanko, 79, was killed crossing street in Oswego, stoplights are being installed (Tribune)
  • Take a ride: The Green Line and the future of equitable transit in Chicago (Chicago Maroon)
  • 100-mile bike ride for human trafficking victims turns into even bigger event in western suburbs (CBS)

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Today’s headlines for Tuesday, May 31

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Welcome back after the long weekend. We hope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful weather Chicago had this past weekend. Here are today’s headlines for May 31, 2022:

  • Chicago cyclists speak out against deadly stretch of Milwaukee Avenue (Tribune)
  • Pedestrian killed after being struck by a car while crossing the street in Ashburn (CBS Chicago)
  • Three hospitalized after car driver was going in the wrong direction on 290 (ABC 7)
  • More cyclists are being killed by car drivers and advocates say US streets are the problem (WBEZ)
  • Driver blasts pickup truck through house in Downers Grove (CBS Chicago)
  • Houseless people turned to CTA stations for shelter during the pandemic and many remain there (Tribune)
  • Woman shot while riding bicycle near DuSable Harbor (Sun-Times)
  • US House Rep. Robin Kelly seeks $550K to fund study to preserve Promontory Point limestone (Block Club)
  • Chicago Sun-Times editorial board says it’s still worth trying to overturn the bad parking meter deal
  • Ald. Brendan Reilly says fast-tracked casino plan is like the parking meter deal all over again (Block Club)
  • A NY Times feature worth reading about the Q23 “slow bus” line in Queens

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 27

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  • Chicago and suburban Cook County have moved into High COVID Community Level (City of Chicago)
  • Lonely Planet has published a guide to visiting Chicago on a budget and getting around by L
  • Local public health officials advise residents mask up on transit and in other public spaces (Sun-Times)
  • The South Side’s beloved dancing crossing guard is facing eviction (Block Club)
  • The Sun-Times has released a feature story/photo essay on the community in Rogers Park
  • Oak Park coalition aims to get everyone housed (Crain’s)
  • Man charged in deadly Clinton Blue Line station stabbing (CBS 2)
  • Metra restores full Saturday service on seven lines, adjusts UP Northwest schedule (Trains)
  • Retired Army colonel plans 1,700-mile bicycle trip to honor soldiers who died under his command (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 26

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  • Casino, including road widening, approved after Lightfoot screams “You are a liar!” at opposing alder (Block Club)
  • Despite being presented with evidence that curfews don’t work, Council approves 10 PM curfew (Block Club)
  • The Reader looks at why stricter curfews are the wrong approach to reducing violence
  • Why did it take CPD five years to arrest hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist Francisco Cruz, 58? (CBS)
  • Bernardo Gomez, 26, died after being kicked in the head by a boy, 14, on the Cicero Green platform (Sun-Times)
  • After someone smashed a bottle on a man’s head on Red Line, bystanders stepped in to stop attack (NBC)
  • Gas leak at 30 E. Lake in the Loop causes major CTA delays (NBC)
  • What generosity! News outlets give free campaign ads to traffic jam creator Willie Wilson (NBC, ABC, Block Club)
  • Letter: Municipalities should invoice Wilson for taxpayer-funded police and traffic-control services (Tribune)
  • Metra sends staff to homes next to UP-N to listen to concerns, residents complain Metra’s not listening (WGN)
  • Neighborhood greenway is coming to Erie between Damen and Noble in West Town (Block Club)

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