Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 30

• Waymond Smith: CPD's Racially Biased Bike Ticketing Influenced My Decision to Leave Chicago (Defender)
• Active Trans Releases "Suburban Bikeways for All" Report on Current State of Biking in the 'Burbs
• Wired: The O'Hare Express Is a Dumb Idea; Getting Elon Musk Involved Would Make It Dumber
• DNA Testing Leads to Charges in 2015 Englewood Hit-and-Run That Killed 1, Injured 12 (CBS)
• Lawsuit Blames Bars for Man's DUI Crash Death After Metra Pub Crawl (Tribune)
• A List of State Road Projects That Will Stop If There's No Budget (DNA)
• 115th Street Metra Station, Damaged by Fire, Will Be Razed Today (DNA)
• North Ave. Pedestrian Bridge Temporarily Closed for Lakefront Trail Separation Work (Tribune)
• July Events on the Lakefront Trail (Active Trans)
• Third Public Meeting on North LSD Rehab on July 12, 4-7 PM at 2250 N. Sheffield

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