Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM CST on February 6, 2013
- CTA to Spend $2 Billion for up to 846 New Rail Cars (Tribune)
- Coalition Pushes for a New Blue Line Station at Nagle and Bryn Mawr (DNA)
- Three Killed When Jeep Flips in Little Village (Tribune, Sun-Times, ABC)
- Traffic Congestion Sends 56 Billion Pounds of CO2 Into Atmosphere (WBEZ)
- Plans for Riverwalk Makeover Unveiled Tonight at Chicago Architecture Foundation (DNA)
- Metra Investigating Why Train Ran For Several Minutes With Door Open (Tribune, RedEye)
- Are Driverless Cars the Wave of the Future or Will People Choose Transit? (Chicago Magazine)
- Investigation Shows Pace Workers Spend Hours Watching YouTube Videos (NBC)
- Riders for Better Transit Summit to Address Region’s Transportation Challenges (CNT)
- Greater Good Studio Seeks Help Developing Transit App (Gapers Block)
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