Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 9

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  • ATA: Chicago is way behind peer cities in improving bus service. Here’s how to speed things up
  • Days after driver killed man 33, on sidewalk in IMD, motorist injures 2 women on sidewalk in River North (ABC)
  • Hit-and-run SUV driver critical injures woman, 28, on foot at 47th/Arthington in North Lawndale (ABC)
  • Contrary to ABC headline, car owners don’t actually have to pay camera tickets racked up by car thieves
  • Daily Herald bike columnist Ralph Banasiak heralds the start of peak biking season
  • Here’s ATA’s writeup of its recent awards reception honoring Banasiak, Duckworth, and Moeller
  • Men Run Deez Streets encourages more Black men to get into running (Block Club)
  • Where are the four northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast corners of Chicago?

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 6

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  • More coverage of the Nick Parlingayan hit-and-run bike fatality case (Block Club, ABC, Sun-Times, Tribune)
  • Driver hits another car in Illinois Medical District, fatally strikes pedestrian, and crashes into building (ABC)
  • Motorist dies after crashing through construction closure Kennedy near O’Hare, striking truck (ABC)
  • CTA will repair 28 stations this year as part of its “Refresh & Renew” program (Railway Age)
  • Winning casino proposal on old Tribune Freedom Center site includes pedestrian bridge (NBC)
  • Real estate firm: It should be easy to lease vacant Boeing HQ due to Metra proximity (Tribune)
  • What’s up with the massive clouds of midges on the Lakefront Trail? (WTTW)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 5

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  • Hit-and-run driver killed Nick Parlingayan, 22, on bike at Milwaukee/Kilbourn in Irving Park (Sun-Times)
  • A trucker killed school counselor Carla Aiello, 37, on her bike at that intersection in November 2019
  • Hit-and-run driver killed male pedestrian, 35, this morning at 24th St./Cicero in west-suburban Cicero (ABC)
  • 5 people injured in CTA bus crash with 3 car drivers around 7:30 this morning on DLSD near 47th (Fox)
  • After bartender Victor Ortiz was injured in a Divvy bike crash, community is rallying to help him (Block Club)
  • Man, teen charged with robbing man at knifepoint at Roosevelt stop, 4th CTA attack in less than a week (ABC, NBC)
  • Construction for new Damen Green Line station finally begins Monday 5/16 (Ald. Burnett)
  • Buttigieg joins local officials to hail new Joliet transit hub for Pace, Metra and Amtrak (Tribune)
  • Harvey’s 147th Street Metra station to begin renovations next week (Fox)
  • UCLA study looked at Chicago cycling data to determine best practices for reallocating road space (Anderson Review)
  • New Metra paint scheme features Chicago flag-inspired design and city skyline image (Trains.com)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 4

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  • Preckwinkle, other Cook County leaders call on CTA, Metra to combine fare systems (Block Club)
  • 4 people shot on Ida B. Wells Dr. in Loop, including woman crossing the street on foot (ABC)
  • 2 teens charged with robbing, attacking former “Wild Chicago” host Will Clinger at Addison stop (Fox)
  • John rode the Red and Blue lines from 5 PM to 5 AM to get a better sense of nighttime conditions (Newcity)
  • Sigcho-Lopez: El Paseo trail is on hold due to concerns about pollution, truck traffic, and gentrification (Block Club)
  • Several bikeways are planned for Elmhurst, but none of the projects are on north side of town (Patch)
  • More features added to Pullman Railroad Days, May 14-15 at Pullman National Monument (Trains.com)

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