Today’s Headlines

• Politicians Get Their Shoes Dirty at Long-Awaited Bloomingdale Trail Groundbreaking (DNA)
• CTA Has Some Bugs to Work Out of the Ventra System (Tribune, CBS)
• Metra Board Picks Operations Chief Don Orseno, a “Railroad Man,” as Interim CEO (Tribune, CBS)
• County Resolution Calls for Ouster of 3 out of 5 Remaining Metra Board Members (Sun-Times)
• Waguespack Questions Whether Safe Passages Program Is Sustainable (DNA)
• Improvements to the Loyola Red Line Stop Include a Lovely New Plaza (Tattler)
• What Would Andersonville Look Like With a Protected Bike Lane? (Transitized)
• Wheeling Names a bike Path After Local Cycling Legend Phyllis Harmon (Active Trans)
• Tollway Scofflaws to Get Names Posted on Website (Tribune)
• A Gold Coast Parking Spot That Costs $115K (DNA)
• Sundae Driver: CTA Bus Operator Filmed Eating Ice Cream at the Wheel (CBS)

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