Today’s Headlines

• City Announces First 50 Speed Camera Locations (Tribune, DNA)
• Ventra Card Will Be Available for Free Through End of the Year (Tribune)
• A Ventra Cheat Sheet (Tattler)
• Driver Kills 84-Year-Old Pedestrian in Skokie (Tribune)
• Motorcyclist Killed by Left-Turning Driver in Chinatown (Tribune)
• Well-Tended Memorial in Streeterville Honors Justyna Palka, Killed by a Driver (Chicago)
• Ghost Bike Installed to Honor Police Officer Killed While Riding in Palos Heights (ABC)
• RTA Proposes Merging CTA and Metra Planning Departments (NBC)
• Construction on New Peterson Metra Stop May Start This Spring (Sun-Times)
• Beeping at CTA Bus Shelters Helps Visually Impaired Access Transit Tracker Info (RedEye)
• Metra’s Grand/Western Switching Tower is a Steampunk‘s Delight (NBC)
• Yard Games and “Blob” Installation Add Life to Union Station (Active Trans)

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