Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM CST on February 5, 2013
- Chicagoland Traffic Is Among the Most Unreliable in the Country (Tribune, Sun Times, NBC)
- West Side Business Owners Fear BRT But Andersonville Embraces It (RedEye)
- City Hiring 100 Traffic Aides to Shepherd Cars During Red Line South Reconstruction (ABC)
- CDOT gets $1 million for North Shore Channel Trail Bike Bridge (Bulldog)
- Head of Infrastructure Trust Wants “Billions of Dollars” in Projects Underway Soon (Crain’s)
- Arlington Heights Considers Complete Streets Policy, Bike Parking Ordinance (Tribune)
- Four Expressway Crashes Disrupt Early Morning Commute (Sun-Times)
- Chicago BRT Initiative Gets $1 Million Grant From Rockefeller Foundation (CTA Tattler)
- Extending Illinois Route 53 in Lake County Would Be Wasteful (Transitized)
- Law Governing Passing on the Right by Bikes is “Clear as Mud” (Kevenides)
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