Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 18

• South Shore Line's Bikes-on-Trains Pilot Starts April 2 (NWI Times)
• 32nd Ward Residents Vote in Favor of Historic Preservation (Not Necessarily Against TODs) (DNA)
• Pace Launches a New Bus Route Along Ogden, Tweaks Other Routes That Serve Metra Stops (CTJ)
• Man Allegedly Attacked Fellow Orange Line Passenger for Asking Him Not to Smoke on Train (Chicagoist)
• Police: Elgin Teen Knocked Off Bike, Kidnapped, But "The Incident Was Not Criminal" (Sun-Times)
• Drivers Generally Seem to Be Staying Out of the Loop Link Lanes (Edgewater Observer)
• Englewood Residents Lobby for New ERA Trail, Now Called "Englewood Line Nature Trail" (Active Trans)
• Plan Commission OKs Massive Portage Park Shopping Center With About 270 Spaces (DNA)
• Red & Blue Line Service Will Be Impacted by Construction Projects This Weekend (Sun-Times)
• Hundreds of Avondale Residents Pitched in to Beautify a Metra Viaduct With a Mural (WTTW)
• Dust Off Your Platform Shoes for a '70s-Style Cruise on a Bicentennial-Themed CTA Car (Curbed)

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