Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
- CTA Faces $10.1 Million Deficit; Claypool Vows No Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Tribune)
- CTA to Fix Slow Zones on Blue Line Between Logan Square and Damen (DNA)
- Another Metra Board Member Asked to Step Down Due to Residency Issues (Tribune)
- Claypool: Unlike Metra, CTA is Accountable to Voters (Sun-Times)
- Driver Who Fatally Struck Tibetan Community Leader Gets 4 Years Prison (Tribune)
- Children Injured in School Bus Crash on 6600 block of South St. Lawrence (Tribune)
- Palatine Woman Gets 12 Years Prison After 7th DUI (Tribune)
- American Urban Planners Should Stop Treating Bikes Like Cars (Transitized)
- Luigi from Mario Bros. Takes a Ride on the Brown Line (Engadget)
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