Today’s Headlines
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9:15 AM CDT on July 22, 2013
- Due to “Potential Conflicts” Ex-Prosecutor Won’t Be Doing Metra Probe (Tribune)
- Public Meeting Next Week on Broadway Protected Bike Lanes (Active Trans)
- Emanuel Says $500 Million Investment Will Modernize Port of Chicago (Tribune)
- Photo Campaign Make the Case for Bringing Back 31st Street Bus (DNA)
- Brown Line Kimball Station Reopens During Track Work (Tribune)
- Driver With Expired License Kills 11-Year-Old Girl in Harvey (Tribune)
- Teenage Driver Fatally Strikes Another Teen on a Skateboard in Mundelein (Tribune)
- Woman Dies in Crash While Fleeing Logan Square Pepper Spray Attack (Tribune)
- Pedestrian Critically Injured in Jefferson Park Hit-and-Run (Tribune)
- Little-Known McCormick Busway is a “Magic Road” (Sun-Times)
- An Update on the Chicago Bike Messenger Scene (Sun-Times)
- Steinberg’s First Attempt to Use Divvy (Sun-Times)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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