Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM CST on March 7, 2013
- CDOT Takes Responsibility for Plowing Protected Bike Lanes (Sun-Times)
- Pace to Add More “Bus-on-Shoulder” Vehicles (Sun-Times)
- CTA Ridership Dropped 1.9 Percent in January (RedEye)
- Claypool Calls Possible $3 Single Rail Ticket a “Voluntary Payment” (RedEye)
- Remembering When Hugo Chavez Offered Free Gas to the CTA (Reader)
- CTA Offers Apprenticeships for Ex-Offenders (CTA, CBS)
- Sox Fans Can Access Comiskey Via Green Line During Red Rehab (ESPN)
- Expanded Chicago Bike Swap Takes Place This Weekend (Tribune, Chicagoist, BWLP)
- Dearborn Lanes Require Pedestrians and Cyclists to Look Out For Each Other (Freeman)
- Volvo Develops “Cyclist Detection System” (Kevenides)
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