Today’s Headlines

• Otherwise Bike-Friendly Alderman Pat Dowell Calls for Licensing Cyclists (Sun-Times, CBS)
• Licensing Bikes Is a Bad Idea (Active Trans, NBC, Transitized)
• Driver Kills Seven-Year-Old Boy on His Way to School In Chicago Heights (Tribune)
• Motorist Who Fatally Struck Senior in Glenview Was Not Cited (Tribune)
• At Sentencing Hearing For Drunk Driver, Officer Recalls the Fatal Crash (Tribune)
• Pennsylvania Trucker Cited in Bartlett Metra Crash (CBS)
• CTA Slow Zones Are Down to 10.8 Percent of the System (RedEye)
• Pace Announces Mail-in Program to Transfer Unused Balances to Ventra (Tribune)
• Green Dot Stickers Added to Ventra Card Readers Show You Where to Tap (RedEye)
• Mundelein Police Chief Concerned About Halloween Pedestrian Safety (Tribune)

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