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Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 17

9:12 AM CST on February 17, 2017

    • Driver hits and injures a man walking across Logan Square street and drives off (DNA)
    • Case begins against McDonald's for not serving customers without cars after the lobby closes (Tribune)
    • Boarding time is cut in half on Los Angeles articulated bus when people board all doors (GGWash)
    • Driver kills themselves and three other people in crash last night in Des Plaines (Tribune)
    • David Plouffe fine by Chicago ethics board for failing to register as an Uber lobbyist (NBC5)
    • UILabs's City Digital group is collecting data about stormwater flows on new Argyle streetscape (DNA)
    • An ode to Chicago's 1,900 miles of alleys: "deemed a waste of space on the east coast" (Reader)
    • Despite opposition from Chambers, new apartments in Jefferson Park could increase business (DNA)

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Steven Vance
Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

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