Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 8

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  • After years of lobbying by South Side transit advocates, CTA is poised to make 31st Street bus permanent
  • As Motor Fuel Tax freeze debated, group says IL has 3rd-most structurally deficient bridges in nation (Capitol Fax)
  • Expressway shooting crackdown leads to 20 arrests, dozens of license plate cameras and boost in patrols (Block Club)
  • Car rehab, Chicago improvements in South Shore Line commuter railroad capital plan (NWI.com)
  • Corridor Rail Development Corp: Metra must adapt to “post-commuting world” with service changes (Tribune)
  • Block Club looks at 39th Ward PB election, including Bryn Mawr protected bike lane proposal
  • R.I.P. ex-Oak Park president Larry Christmas, who lobbied successfully for Green Line preservation (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 7

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  • Wrong-way driver killed after striking multiple vehicles on I-80 near Markham (Fox)
  • Speeding driver critically injured after causing 3-car crash on 4-lane Sheridan Rd. in Beach Park (CBS)
  • Driver cuts-off 2 state troopers responding to single-vehicle collision, causing 5-car crash on I-94 (Fox)
  • Driver credited with evacuating school bus stalled on Metra tracks in Orland Park before train struck it (CBS)
  • Chicago man charged in burglary of Naperville bike shop (Daily Herald)
  • More coverage of Thursday’s rally for better bikeway clearance on Clark Street (Block Club)
  • Housing complex with affordable units near the Ravenswood station could begin leasing this fall (Block Club)
  • High Speed Rail Alliance checks out new Siemens Venture coaches on Amtrak’s Chicago-St. Louis route
  • Money diary of a Chicago advertising professional who gets around by bike during the winter (Refinery)
  • High Speed Rail Alliance hosts webinar on Illinois Fast Track Initiative on 2/18 at noon
  • CDOT hosts virtual Washington Park and Grand Boulevard traffic safety roundtable on 2/22 at 6 PM

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 4

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  • Illinois traffic deaths spiked by more than 18% in Illinois during the first 9 months of 2021 (Patch)
  • Man drives 2 miles after being shot in Roseland, but later dies; CTA bus also hit by gunfire (CBS)
  • Man who was shot in eye while driving in Irving Park, ran red and crashed into a building (ABC)
  • 45 years ago the worst CTA crash in history happened at Lake/Wabash, killing 11 people, injuring 160 (Tribune)
  • About a dozen drivers were involved in weather-related crashes Thursday morning (Tribune)
  • NICTD prez provides update on 3-year South Shore Line construction season as projects get started (Tribune)
  • Neighbors weighed in on Wood Street protected bike lane plan at “contentious” meeting (Block Club)
  • 160 units proposed just south of new pedestrian bridge over Fox River in Aurora (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 3

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  • Concerns — and campaign plans — mount as Chicago’s remap battle drags on (Block Club)
  • Hit-and-run driver injured man, 41, in Chesterton walking in street because sidewalk was unplowed (NWI Times)
  • Tommy Howe, 24, is missing after wandering into forest preserve following car crash in north suburbs (News Nation)
  • Dan Ryan southbound lanes blocked Wednesday morning after CTA bus stalled near Roosevelt (Fox)
  • Ald. Ramirez-Rosa witnesses person with snowblower covering Divvy station with snow (TOC)
  • Buyk, which delivers groceries by bike, angers Logan residents by throwing away fresh produce (Block Club)
  • Ald. Ray Lopez takes a stand against neighbors privatizing public right-of-way with “dibs” junk (Block Club)

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