Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 5

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  • COVID-19 restrictions, including indoor dining ban, may return soon in suburban Cook (Tribune)
  • Sun-Times asks residents about their plans to return to riding transit (Sun-Times)
  • Local leaders tell John they’re jazzed about about Biden’s $2T infra bill (Reader)
  • The Tribune looks at possible projects that could be done with the new infra funding
  • 4 of 5 killed in 2 separate Eisenhower wrong-way crashes in Chicago, Forest Park ID’d (CBS)
  • Chicago Fire Department vehicle driver involved in Bronzeville crash that injured 3 (ABC)
  • Pickup truck driver injured pedestrian at Church/Chicago in Evanston (Evanston Now)
  • 2 people injured at Sheridan in 3rd Red Line stabbing incident in less than a month (CBS)
  • Activist delivers Easter baskets despite injuries from being hit by CTA bus driver (ABC)
  • A brief history of the bicycle and Chicago’s role in it (WGN)

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 2

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  • Chicago launches CTA “vaccination bus” to reach seniors in areas with low vaccination rates (Sun-Times)
  • 4-year-old Chicago boy dies in fiery Bishop Ford crash involving IDOT truck (Tribune)
  • More state senators needed to co-sponsor bill to make Illinois roads safer (ATA)
  • ATA talks to Chuy Garcia about his efforts to win transit funding
  • ATA honored Garcia, Jacky Grimshaw, and SRAM cofounders at its annual gala
  • Morton Salt factory, slated to become a music venue, takes another step towards landmarking (Block Club)
  • Aurora church gives away 100 bikes to kids (Tribune)
  • Letter makes a “think of the piping plovers” argument against meters at Montrose Beach (Tribune)

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 1

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  • Feds are investigating 2020 police shooting of Ariel Roman, stopped for walking between ‘L’ cars (NBC)
  • Activist Andrew Holmes hurt when CTA driver runs red, hitting 2 vehicles in Bronzeville (ABC)
  • Fire at Brighton Park paper plant shut down Kedzie Orange Line station (CBS)
  • Crystal Lake man missing after boarding Metra train to Chicago (Patch)
  • In light of Biden’s $2T infra proposal, Lightfoot and Musk discuss reviving O’Hare Express boondoggle (Crain’s)
  • Chicago-Rockford rail could become a reality in Biden’s infrastructure plan (WREX)
  • MPC urges local transit agencies to sharply reduce fares to lure back riders (Sun-Times)
  • CTA is limits capacity on buses and trains serving 1st game at Wrigley with attendees in 2 years (ABC)

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Today’s headlines for Wednesday, March 31

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  • MarySue Barrett leaving Metropolitan Planning Council after 25 years (Crain’s)
  • MPC’s Barrett suggests that Metra and Pace test sharply reduced fares to lure riders back (Sun-Times)
  • Columbia students could be impacted by Red and Purple Modernization (Columbia Chronicle)
  • Fire at Brighton Park recycling plant disrupted Orange Line service (CBS 2)
  • Block Club highlights 100 ways that neighbors helped each other out during the pandemic
  • Aurora Beacon News column covers a big giveaway of over 100 bicycles to children
  • 97-unit transit-oriented development by Chicago Blue Line taking shape (Urbanize)
  • Mass vaccination sites opening next week in Wrigleyville and Chicago State University (Block Club)
  • Renderings of new Clarendon Community Center at Clarendon Park revealed (YIMBY)
  • Steven Vance looks at an ADU plan for a backyard in North Center (Chicago Cityscape)

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