Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 15

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  • Cahill: Chicago transit needs to improve to win new riders. Could P3s fund new rail lines? (Crain’s)
  • Driver ran red at Pratt/Wester, killing two women on sidewalk, no citations (ABC)
  • 1 dead, 3 injured after head-on crash on DLSD in Streeterville (ABC)
  • Hit-and-run driver killed man, 59, biking in Back of the Yards (ABC)
  • CTA worker, officer expected to recover after man stabbed and struck them on Blue Line (ABC)
  • City Council to weigh $2M settlement for 2008 CPD chase that killed Julia Lynn Callaway, 55 (ABC)
  • Oak Park bike shop damaged by allegedly intoxicated driver (CBS)
  • Union press release: Metra union threatens strike after “talks enter third year with no progress”

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 12

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  • The Navy Pier Flyover got an “award of merit” from ENR Midwest
  • Control tower beams installed at O’Hare’s new Terminal 5 expansion (YIMBY)
  • The solid red to turn from southeast-bound Milwaukee onto eastbound Kinzie is out (The Chainlink)
  • New roof takes shape at former Morton Salt factory in West Town (YIMBY)
  • Englewood neighbors, artist unveil mural to “change the narrative” about their community (Block Club)
  • What’s that building? An architecture bike tour of Riverside and Brookfield (WBEZ)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, November 11

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  • Sun-Times editorial endorses proposal to widen the Eisenhower Expressway
  • Chicagoland road builders are licking their chops at the prospect of more infra bill-funded biz (Crain’s)
  • New 7000 Series railcars spotted on the Brown Line (RTA Memes)
  • Leaders of Black and Latino caucuses endorse proposal for majority-Asian ward in Chinatown (Block Club)
  • Man honored after pulling senior from car stuck on Metra tracks before Sugar Grove crash (ABC)
  • Barrington’s Metra station gets a new roof, additional access for drivers from Route 14 (Tribune)
  • Rogers Parkers want park named for Pollard family, neighborhood’s 1st Black residents (Block Club)
  • Is a major motivation for Chicago’s street cleaning program revenue for parking tickets? (Reader)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday November 10

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  • Ironic: IL speaker blames Hillside Strangler for making him late to presser calling for expanding Ike (Sun-Times)
  • High Speed Rail Alliance: Infra bill offers a path to HSR through a reinvented Metra (Crain’s)
  • Hinz looks at the new CTA ridership numbers, notes a bigger return to offices is needed (Crain’s)
  • Judge dismisses developer’s lawsuit that challenged 606 trail and Pilsen demolition surcharge ordinance (Block Club)
  • One killed, 2 critically injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Stevenson near I-355 (ABC)
  • Driver injures child walking with father at intersection next to school with “Stop for Peds” signs (OakPark.com)
  • Driver charged with DUI after striking senior on bike, leaving the scene in Morton Grove (Tribune)
  • 1st Ward PB proposal calls for adding protected lane on Wood between Grand and Ellen (Block Club)
  • Neighbors urge CTA to add portable toilets to Jefferson Park stop to prevent public urination (Block Club)
  • NW-suburban Franklin Park works to limit loud train noises (NBC)

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