Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 20

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  • CTA, Pace, Metra, Uber, Lyft, airports lift mask requirements after Pritzker amends state requirement (ABC)
  • Help build a transportation platform for Illinois’ gubernatorial election (Active Trans)
  • Wilson wants gasoline taxes waived for his next traffic-clogging, polluting mayoral campaign PR stunt (Block Club)
  • Yehuala Melkama, 44, fatally struck in Uptown by driver who failed to yield while turning (Sun-Times)
  • Cattle-hauling truck driver critically injured in crash on I-80 near Joliet, cattle left roaming highway (NBC)
  • GoFundMe started for family of Christian Ruiz, 30, who died after being shot and crashing car into Little Village store
  • CPD, CTA respond to letter from Garcia, Durbin on transit crime (ABC)
  • How can Chicago suburbs become more walkable and bike-friendly? (Active Trans)
  • Truman College hosts #OneTRU Community 3rd Annual Bike Ride Saturday 4/23 at 9 AM
  • Happy 4/20 Day. Streetsblog USA asks, “Can we stop stoned driving without ending car dependency?”

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 19

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  • Bike Lane Uprising discusses how West Loop median removal contributed to bike injury crash (Block Club)
  • After federal mask mandate struck down, CTA, Metra, aviation dept. say they will still require masks (ABC)
  • Male driver, 26, killed after being ejected from vehicle during rollover crash in Plato Township
  • Man, 71, injured after SUV driver crashed through fence and into Kenwood building Monday afternoon
  • A driver, 38, crashed into a bus stop after being shot in North Lawndale Tuesday morning, police said (ABC)
  • Man in his 50s shot by someone in a vehicle while riding a bicycle in East Garfield Park (Fox)
  • Unauthorized person on tracks near Thorndale snagged CTA Red, Purple lines Monday afternoon (CBS)
  • Metra’s 147th/Sibley station in Harvey will close for 1 year+ beginning in May as it undergoes a revamp
  • How Ride Illinois helps develop local bike paths and educational programs (Daily Herald)
  • Apple Maps adds cycling directions to Chicago, Detroit, more (Justin Obeirne)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 18

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  • Clear Path program with 1/2-off traffic tickets for low-income residents has launched (Block Club)
  • Otherwise-reasonable Tribune editorial on need for safer, cleaner ‘L’ claims “buses clog streets”
  • Driver runs red near 34th/California in Brighton Park, killing female motorist (Fox)
  • Driver critically injures man on bike on Madison in West Loop, where planter medians were removed (CBS)
  • 5, including 2 CPD officers, hurt during 3-vehicle crash on Dan Ryan in Bridgeport (Tribune)
  • Wave of violent CTA crime continues as man struck with bottle on Red Line near Chicago, robbed (NBC)
  • Woodlawn Station development plan, including 63rd St. Metra redesign, could hit $1B (Block Club)
  • Businesses in Chicago’s Pedway struggle to survive as people slowly return to Loop (ABC)
  • Daily Herald looks at plan for 5/3 lifting of federal mask mandate for transit, airplanes
  • Tribune: As they hit the road this spring, Fox Valley bicyclists will see new bike lanes, improvements
  • ATA honors Banasiak, Duckworth, and Moeller at awards reception 4/28, 5:30-8:30 PM at 167 N. Green

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