Today’s Headlines
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9:28 AM CDT on July 23, 2013
- Broadway Protected Lanes Will Improve Safety in Uptown (DNA)
- Schwartz’s Wrigley Traffic Study Pushes Transit, “Divvy Bike Night” (Crain’s)
- Illinois Transportation Coalition Pushes for Better Infrastructure Funding (Post-Dispatch)
- Waguespack Worries About Divvy Again, Implying It’s a Waste of TIF Funds (Sun-Times)
- Fioretti: Let Cabs Use the McCormick Place Busway (Sun-Times)
- Drunk Driver Gets 5 Years for Killing Grandmother Near 65th and Pulaski (Tribune)
- Firefighter Suspended After Department SUV rolls Into Sherman Park Lagoon (Tribune)
- Lathrop Homes Redevelop Plan Includes Bike Lanes and Parking (Patch)
- Highland Park May Reject Fining Parents Whose Kids Don’t Wear Helmets (Tribune)
- A Ride on a CTA Bus With Broken Air Conditioning is Gonna Make You Sweat (RedEye)
- Reducing Pedestrian Fatalities? What’s the Hurry? (LSD)
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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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