Today’s Headlines

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)