Today’s Headlines

• Report: The 5th Most Populous State Had the 5th Highest Number of Bike Deaths (Tribune)
• Warehouse & Shipping Companies Are Dropping Support for the Illiana (Crain's)
• Amtrak Blames Decrease in Ridership on Delays Caused by Freight Trains (RedEye)
• Emanuel Defends Random Bag Checks at 'L' Stations (Sun-Times)
• Bill Savage: The CTA Searches Are Nothing But "Security Theater" (Crain's)
• CTA Has Been "Quietly" Testing Controversial Geolocation Technology (RedEye)
• Motorist Fleeing Cops Takes a Crash Course at Hoffman Estates School (Tribune)
• RedEye Looks at Proposals for Bus Rapid Transit on Lake Shore Drive
• Tower at 11 S. Green, Several Blocks from Train, Will Have Low Parking Ratio (Curbed)
• Northwestern's New Lakefront Garage Eliminates Surface Lots, Trees (Tribune)

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