Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 14

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  • Police: Man, 62, found dead at Arlington Park Metra station, no evidence of foul play (AHC)
  • Driver ran a red in Park Manor, hit another vehicle, critically injured pedestrian, and struck building (CBS)
  • Police: Father drove drunk, crashed car, breaking son’s leg, and abandoned child at a store (FOX)
  • Police officer injured in collision with another driver in Park Manor (CBS)
  • Bike Lane Uprising blockaded construction site where workers were using Clinton bike lane for loading zone
  • Learn more about advocates honored at Active Transportation Alliance’s annual meeting
  • Meet Active Transportation Alliance super-volunteer Kevin Crowley
  • 22-story mixed-use building with 279 apartments, 173 spots rising near IMD station (YIMBY)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 13

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  • CTA bus drivers took over Michigan Avenue to march for safer working conditions (CBS)
  • CBS looks at CPD efforts to curb violence on CTA – no mention of deploying Transit Ambassadors
  • 2 dead after driver crashes into a tree on the Lakefront Trail and vehicle bursts into flames (Tribune)
  • Police: Man charged after allegedly forcing CTA driver to steer bus off-route at gunpoint (WGN)
  • 12 injured, 1 critically in crash involving CTA bus in South Shore (WGN)
  • State police: Empty CTA bus returning to garage facility shot at on I-57 (CBS)
  • Chicago-based Veo will deploy 500 free-floating, e-assist bicycles in Seattle in the coming days (Seattle Times)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 10

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  • SBC reader Sam Brunson discusses his daughter’s near-death biking experience with a reckless driver (Tribune)
  • Logan Square residents discuss the boulevard Slow Street and diverter pilot: good idea, sloppy execution (Block Club)
  • Metra is introducing new $6 day pass will be valid for unlimited rides within 3 zones beginning 2/1 (Tribune)
  • The city’s first affordable housing geared towards Native Americans will be far from the ‘L’ (Block Club)
  • 3-building, 487-unit development centered around a public park rises near North/Clybourn stop (Block Club)
  • Indianapolis Recorder looks at Bike Lane Uprising’s efforts bike light distribution efforts in Circle City
  • 2 murals painted in Hyde Park Metra viaduct, including a salute to Harold Washington’s parakeets (HPH)
  • Virtual public meeting for South Chicago Commercial Avenue Corridor Improvement Project on 12/14

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 9

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  • Tribune data analysis confirms earlier SBC reporting: current CTA delays caused by staffing shortages
  • After SBC called out the Tribune for a car-centric article on traffic jams, new op-ed calls for more transit
  • County official: To build a brighter future, we need greener, more accessible transit (Daily Herald)
  • Police: Elderly driver had “medical event,” fatally struck 2 seniors in parking lot, crashed into DMV (CBS)
  • Niles police release images of vehicle whose driver fatally struck Kimball C. Jacks, 68 (Tribune)
  • Target trucker crashes into Deerfield Metra underpass, sheering top off vehicle (CBS)
  • City study will explore ways to make Clark from Montrose to Foster more walkable and vibrant (Block Club)

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