Today’s Headlines
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9:07 AM CDT on August 6, 2013
- Hearings on North LSD Redesign Taking Place This Week (Sun-Times, Tattler)
- CTA: First Day of Ventra Rollout Went Without a Hitch (RedEye)
- Hilkevitch Predicts Ventra Will Be A System of Mass Confusion
- Quinn to Appoint Panel of Experts to Recommend Overhaul of Metra and RTA (Sun-Times)
- Metra Crisis Is an Opportunity to Reorganize Regional Transit for the Better (Crain’s)
- Rahm Endorses Stiffer Penalties for Litterbug Drivers (Sun-Times)
- Participatory Budgeting Funds 5 Colorful Rogers Park Train Viaducts (DNA)
- Irving Park Closed at Ravenswood for Metra-UP Infrastructure Upgrades (DNA)
- Will IDOT Back the proposed Lincolnwood-Skokie Ped/Bike Plaza? (Keating)
- Bike Damage Proves That Cab Driver Was Lying About Wicker Park Dooring (Kevenides)
- Dottie Rides Divvy Home From Work (LGRAB)
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