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• Heavy traffic fails to cast shadow over eclipse travel experience (Sun-Times)
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• Frustrated CTA riders turn to cars for commute (Crain's)
• Suburban St. Charles may close downtown street for outdoor dining (Daily Herald)
• Person struck and killed by driver while changing tire on Stevenson Expressway (Herald & Review)
• UChicago students float ideas — like tolls of Lake Shore Drive — to solve city’s pension crisis (Block Club)
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