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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 18

By John Greenfield | Jan 18, 2019 | 2 Comments

Driver Charged With DUI in Lower Wacker Crash That Killed Amari Glenn, 1 (ABC) Freight Train Death in Lombard Halts Metra UP-West Service (Tribune) Cook County Offering $8.5M in Grants to Help Fund Rail, Bike, Ped & Road Project Chicago Magazine Looks at the Changes Made During the Lakefront Trail Separation Project Open Thread: How […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 11

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2019 | 8 Comments

Ald. Pat Dowel Opposes New South Loop CTA Red Line Station (Crain’s) Driver Fatally Struck Roy Faust Jr., 53, in Jefferson Park (Sun-Times) 3-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Adults Injured, In Lower Wacker Crash (Sun-Times) 4 Injured, Including 2 Children, in Avalon Park Crash (Tribune) Chicago Seized and Sold Nearly 50K Cars Over Tickets Since 2011 […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 4

By John Greenfield | Jan 4, 2019 | No Comments

More Tunnel Anxiety, This Time About the Deep Tunnel Stormwater Project (Slate) Driver Injured Homeland Security Officer Walking in West Elsdon Crash (Sun-Times) North Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving the Scene of Fatal 2017 Crash (Herald) Person Shoots BB Gun at CTA Bus in Chatham (Sun-Times) Oberman, Chorle Joining Railroad Retirement Board, Surface Transportation […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 26

By John Greenfield | Dec 26, 2018 | 10 Comments

Tribune Op-ed: Can We All Agree That Holiday Car Commercials Are Contemptible Trash? 4 Injured, 2 Critically, in Crash That Sent One Car Into Englewood Auto Parts Store (ABC) 4 Seriously Injured, Including 2 Children, in Little Village Right-Angle Crash (CBS) Metra: 4 BNSF Train Runs Were Cancelled Monday Due to Workforce Issues (CBS) Bill […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 18

By John Greenfield | Dec 18, 2018 | 20 Comments

Gas Tax Proposal Mocked by Kristen “Hope Chicago Gets Hit by a Hurricane” McQueary (Tribune) Service on Red, Brown, Purple Lines Disrupted Over 2 Hours After Death on Tracks (CBS) 2 Officers Fatally Struck by a South Shore Train While Pursuing a Suspect (Tribune) Eliane J. Marshall, 55, Fatally Struck by 3 Drivers in Des […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 10

By John Greenfield | Dec 10, 2018 | 1 Comment

$600M Jane Byrne Interchange Will Take Another 4 Years (Tribune) Durbin, Duckworth Announce $22M Grant for Springfield Rail Improvement Project What If We Used Special Service Areas to Fund Transit? (Crain’s) City Cracks Down on Noncompliant Party Bus Operators (Sun-Times) Most Respondents to City Survey Say They Prefer DoBi to Docked Bike-Share (Tribune) There’s Still […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 3

By John Greenfield | Dec 3, 2018 | 5 Comments

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man, 63, in Waukegan Township (Sun-Times) Man Charged With Homicide in Crash That Killed Construction Worker on I-294 (WGN) Northwestern Study Looks at Attitudes Towards Divvy in Humboldt Park and Evanston Senior Shares Story of CTA Riders’ Failure to Offer Him a Seat, Tribune Reader React Services Held for Trailblazing Former CTA […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 21

By John Greenfield | Nov 21, 2018 | No Comments

Rauner Has Given up on Selling the Thompson Center for the Time Being (Block Club) 3 Injured in “Horrific” Crash Near Ashland/73 in West Englewood (ABC) Pedestrian Fatally Struck in Lindenhurst IDed as Victoria Sowka, 61 (Tribune) Colorado Man, 18, Brawls With Family, Officer at Riverside Metra Station (Sun-Times) A Rep From Bird Scooters Discusses Their […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, November 14

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2018 | No Comments

Susana Mendoza — Who Once Chased a Bad Guy on Her Bike — Enters Mayor’s Race (Tribune) Why Metra’s PTC Installation Project Has Been Messing up BNSF Service (WGN) 9 Hospitalized After CTA, Pace Buses Collide in North Pullman (Tribune) Teen Driver of Stolen SUV involved in 6-Car Niles Crash Critically Injured (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 6

By John Greenfield | Nov 6, 2018 | 7 Comments

Willie Wilson Vows to Make CTA Free for Seniors Again, Shut Down Traffic Cams (Sun-Times) Dorothy Brown Proposes Charging Higher Fares for Express Bus Routes (Sun-Times) Driver Charged With Hit-and-Run in Death of Alberto Zavala, 64, Last Summer (Sun-Times) 6 Injured, Including 2 Children, in Firetruck/Van Crash (ABC) New Info Released About Cops Who Allegedly […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 20

By John Greenfield | Oct 30, 2018 | 1 Comment

Illinois Launches Self-Driving Car Research Initiative (Curbed) Active Trans’ Bus Report Card Shows Need for for Service Upgrades Active Trans Survey Finds Strong Support for $20M Chicago Bike Walk Fund Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Man in Chatham, Dragged Him for 5 Blocks (NBC) Good Samaritan Saves Man Who Fell Onto Blue Line Tracks (CBS) Transportation & […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 16

By John Greenfield | Oct 16, 2018 | 10 Comments

27 CEOs Ask Rauner & Pritzker to Commit to $50M State Bike Walk Fund (Active Trans) Active Trans Director Ron Burke Joins Chicago’s New Mobility Task Force After Death of Daniela Chavez, 5, Mary Mitchell Voices Support for RLCs (Sun-Times) Balconies Collapse, 2 Injured After Driver Crashes Into Edgewater Building (Sun-Times) Mother of Antonio Cowan, […]

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