Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
9:00 AM CST on January 30, 2013
- City Favoring Best Layout For Efficient, Ped-Friendly BRT (Active Trans)
- Secretary of State’s Office Works Out Details of Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Bill (Southtown)
- Man Sues Orland Hill Drunk Driver Who Killed His Mother (Southtown)
- Last Year CTA Had Highest Ridership in Decades (DNA)
- Kane County Rejects Plan to Strip Benefits From Transit Board Members (Daily Herald)
- School Bus Strikes Several Vehicles Head-On in Park Ridge (ABC)
- Developer Wants to Build 39-Unit Building Near Logan CTA Station With 40 Parking Spaces (Curbed)
- Vibrant Public Spaces Encourage Healthy Lifestyles (MPC)
- Wildly Changing Weather Presents Challenges to Cycling (LGRAB)
- Couple Who Met on the 82 Kimball/Homan Bus Tying the Knot (RedEye)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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No, Tribune Editorial Page Editor Chris Jones, I didn’t call just “anyone” who opposes Complete Streets a member of the “right-leaning political class”
I only applied that term to Archer Avenue traffic safety project foes that are politicians and lobbyists who actually actually do have somewhat – or very – conservative politics.
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Reporting mistakes – they happen to the best of us!
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