Today’s Headlines
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9:15 AM CDT on September 17, 2013
- The Ashland-Western Coalition Gets Its Star Turn in the Sun-Times
- Rogers Parkers Brave the Rain to Protest “Mistake by the Lake” Parking Garage (DNA)
- Waguespack Opposes Lathrop High-Rise Due to Parking, Density Issues (DNA)
- Family of Track Worker Hit by Train Sues Metra for Negligence (Tribune)
- 911 Recording Reveals Driver Lied About Striking Cyclist in Skokie (Keating)
- Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Incidents on Both Ike and Ryan (Tribune)
- Ventra Customers Can’t Use Personal Bank Cards as Fare Cards Yet (RedEye)
- The Ventra Help Line Was Swamped With Callers Monday (RedEye)
- Workers Gripe About Paid Parking Coming to Cook Courthouse (Sun-Times)
- Gallery: the Clark Bus Lane Is a Bus Lane in Name Only (Transitized)
- Check Out the CTA’s New “Stay Off the Tracks” Ads (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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