Today’s Headlines
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9:24 AM CDT on July 12, 2013
- Theaster Gates to Head $1.3 Million Public Art Project for 95th Red Station (CBS)
- City: Divvy Bikes Have Already Been Pedaled 85,000 Miles (ABC)
- Mike Madigan is Drawn Into Metra Severance Pay Controversy (Tribune)
- 9-Day Brown Line Kimball Station Shutdown Starts Tomorrow (Sun-Times)
- Man Charged With DUI After 100 MPH Naperville Crash (Sun-Times)
- The Bike Clinic is One of the Few Stores in Chicago’s “Bike Shop Desert” (Tribune)
- Dowell Leads a Bike Tour of Bronzeville Tomorrow (DNA)
- Metropolitan Planning Council Contest Seeks to Activate Union Station (DNA)
- Tour de Fat Returns to Palmer Square This Saturday (DNA)
- Handlebar Video Documents Cycling Hazards (ABC)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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