Today’s Headlines
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8:31 AM CDT on July 30, 2013
- CTA Says It Saved $10 Million by Cracking Down on Absenteeism (RedEye)
- Transit Agencies Announce Schedule for Ventra Rollout (NBC)
- 4-Year-Old Boy Killed After Riding Bike Onto Hellish Suburban Road (Sun-Times)
- 911 Call Recording Reveals Last Words of Man Who Drove SUV into Pond (Sun-Times)
- Rapper Chief Keef Pays $531 Ticket for Driving 110 on the Edens (Sun-Times)
- Some CTA Board Members Apparently Almost Never Ride the CTA (RedEye)
- Metra Chair Received $22K for Trustee Post, Despite Law Against Double Dipping (Tribune)
- Survey: South Shore Line Riders Want Bike Access (Post-Tribune)
- “League of Awesome Possibilities” Looks at Lawrence Streetscape (DNA)
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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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