Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 24

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  • Per SBC reporter Igor Studenkov, the Kyiv Metro is waiving fares so residents can shelter from Russian bombings
  • CTA ‘“ghost buses” hamper commuters amid cold weather, COVID-19 (Medill Reporter)
  • Driver charged with homicide for hit-and-run that killed Christine Campbell, 70, on Lower Wacker Drive (ABC)
  • Chicago Police chaplain helped save a driver who was trapped in car after flipping it on the Kennedy (CBS)
  • Ava Gentile, 12, is honored with $5K check for helping to evacuate school bus stuck on Metra tracks (CBS)
  • Milwaukee between Logan and Sacramento designated as a P-Street, banning car-centric land uses (Block Club)
  • CDOT closed the Buena (4200 N.) underpass to the Lakefront Trail because it’s crumbling (Block Club)
  • The CTA issues an RFP for public art for new Argyle, Lawrence, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations (Fox)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, February 23

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  • Chicago mask mandate for most public settings will end 2/28, but masks will be required on transit (NBC)
  • 2 people were critically injured in an alcohol-related crash on I-57 near 100th Street (ABC)
  • CPD: 2 men punched woman in face and stole her cellphone on Blue Line near Cicero stop (Fox)
  • Man charged with resisting arrest after report of an unwanted subject on Metra train in Franklin Park (Tribune)
  • Citing “false response” to info request, Metra asks for more time to comment on CP-KCS merger (Trains)
  • “Inequity For Sale” exhibit featuring 2 South Side homes sold through unjust land sale contracts (Block Club)
  • Brewery, 24 apartments with 127 car spots are being considered near Morton Grove station (Tribune)
  • Here’s what a revamped Logan Square skate park could look like (Block Club)
  • R.I.P. longtime bike advocate and former ATA board member Al Sturges

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 22

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  • SBC sponsor Keating Law wins $213,000 settlement for woman doored in Washington PBL (Block Club)
  • Northbound lanes of Stevenson reopen near Damen after 2-car crash that killed one person (NBC)
  • Police release image of car whose driver struck child, 3, in stroller in West Lawn, fled (Patch)
  • 17-year-old girl pepper sprayed by unknown assailant at Roosevelt Red Line platform (Fox)
  • Expiration dates extended for Metra’s one-way and 10-ride tickets (Fox)
  • Skokie to redesign Crawford Avenue and add bike lanes (Tribune)
  • “Polish Heritage Corridor” along Milwaukee would honor residents form West Town to Niles (Block Club)
  • Why the Obama Presidential Center won’t be naming all spaces after donors (USA Today)
  • Bike-powered grocery delivery company caught dumping fresh food will now donate it (Block Club)
  • Ride Illinois hosts Bicycle-Friendly Driver Course webinar tonight at 7 PM

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 21

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  • CTA board approves labor agreement that includes pandemic bonus, efforts to recruit more workers (Tribune)
  • Letter: New federal funding gives CTA chance to make much-needed accessibility improvements (Sun-Times)
  • Lightfoot denies permit to SE Side scrap shredder; company vows to fight on, saying process “hijacked” (Tribune)
  • Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on outbound express lanes of Dan Ryan near 35th (ABC)
  • Jake Reibel, 16, killed, four other teens injured in single-car crash on I-94 in South Holland (ABC)
  • 11-year-old girl among 5 injured in South Chicago crash (Sun-Times)
  • Sun-Times editorial: Lives could be saved under proposed new federal vehicle safety rating system
  • New York Times article on racial equity impacts of Seattle helmet law cites Chicago bike enforcement stat
  • CTA users reflect on bizarre and hair-raising train stories (The DePaulia)
  • Here’s are images from the Bike Winter Art Show; Closing party this Friday 2/25 after Critical Mass bike ride

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