Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM CDT on March 12, 2013
- At Last Night’s Ventra Hearing, Citizens Argued System Will Hurt Poor People (Tribune, RedEye)
- CTA Promises Train Trackers in All Stations by Labor Day (RedEye)
- Hearing This Tuesday on Widening Jane Adams Memorial Tollway (Tribune)
- Long Delays on Eastbound I-94, I-80 After Crash (Sun-Times)
- What to Do About Cars Parking in Bike Lanes (Active Trans)
- If There’s a Protected Bike Lane, the Law May Indicate You Need to Use It (Freeman)
- CDOT Takes Responsibility for Plowing Protected Lanes (Keating)
- Cyclist Gets Settlement After Being Thrown 15 Feet in Air by Minivan in Skokie (Kevenides)
- Could Red Light Cameras Be Used to Catch Parking Violators? (Expired Meter)
- Ideas for Improving Ped Conditions at Armitage/Halsted (BWLP)
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