Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 11

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  • SBC funder CCT sponsors “How improving Chicago’s infrastructure can boost upward mobility” (Crain’s)
  • Federal government extends mask mandate on transit, Amtrak, intercity buses, and planes through 4/18 (CNN)
  • 2 killed, 2 injured after speeding driver runs stop sign, strikes another vehicle, hits tree in W. Pullman (NBC)
  • Driver, 77, fatally struck pedestrian at 4:30 AM in CVS parking lot in Joliet (Fox)
  • 1 or the hit-and-run drivers who fatally struck Alex Hunt, 16, in Burr Ridge has been charged (ABC)
  • Driver released from prison after homicide conviction for killing 3 children heading to school bus (NBC)
  • Tips for using Metra to celebrate St. Pat’s – no drinking on trains on Saturday (Chicago Crusader)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 10

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  • More coverage of plan to more than double number of guards on CTA (Tribune, ABC, Block Club)
  • CTA operator union prez calls guards “window dressing,” wants return of conductors (Sun-Times)
  • Driver, 25, dead after speeding, striking guardrail and pole on DLSD near 51st (Fox)
  • Driver ran stop sign, striking another vehicle and causing it to hit building at Cortez/Western (Fox)
  • West Central Association prez: Fulton Market Metra station needs fast-tracking (Crain’s)
  • Streetscape design for “Soul City” corridor on Chicago from Austin to Cicero is progressing (AustinTalks)
  • La Grange Park trustees approve TIF money for infra, including ped safety improvements (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 9

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  • Lightfoot will provide update on CTA safety hours after man, 25, shot in stomach on Red Line near 63rd (NBC)
  • Chicago Loop Alliance ambassadors will begin patrolling and giving directions at Metra station (Loop North)
  • Officials: 4 killed after driver tried to beat freight train at a crossing at 155th/Halsted in Harvey (ABC)
  • Hit-and-run drivers killed Alex Hunt, 16, as he crossed 10-lane Burr Ridge road with no sidewalks (ABC)
  • Ogilvie station evacuated, given all-clear after suspicious package halts trains (ABC)
  • Shelters at Jefferson Park terminal boarded up after man uses drill to damage art panels (Nadig)
  • Metra featured in Wall Street Journal article on post-COVID challenges facing commuter railroads
  • Will the TSA lift mask requirement on buses, trains, and planes? (Daily Herald)
  • Panel says Metra surveillance of allegedly injured employee is privileged (Law Bulletin)
  • Chicagoans say they’re willing to deal with higher gas prices if it helps Ukraine (Tribune, Block Club)
  • Lake Forest and Lake Bluff plan pedestrian and bike improvements (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 8

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  • CTA is getting $118M in American Rescue Plan operations funds, applying for funding for bus electrification
  • CPS lifting mask mandate for students, staff starting next week; CTU is opposed (Block Club)
  • CPD is trying to identify 2 people who allegedly attacked man, stole phone last month at 51st Green stop (WGN)
  • Man breaks 14 windows on Green Line train in Oak Park with a hammer, causing $5.5K in damage (Tribune)
  • Tribune looks at the increase in unarmed security guards on CTA to address crime spike, rule-breaking
  • Medill Reports looks at the increase in unhoused people seeking shelter on CTA trains
  • Hollywood Avenue in Edgewater closing overnight through next week for Red Line construction (Block Club)

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