Today’s Headlines
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9:09 AM CDT on September 23, 2013
- Activists Renew the Fight Against the “Mistake by the Lake” Garage (Tribune, DNA)
- 2 New Members, Including First Latino, Bring Metra Board Up to 8 (Tribune)
- New Metra Board Agrees to Turn Over Confidential Records to Inspector General (Tribune)
- Drunk Driver Who Killed 2-Year-Old Girl Was 3 Times Over Legal Limit (Tribune, Sun-Times)
- 1 Killed, 2 Hurt in Glenview Head-On Collision (Tribune)
- 1 Dead, 1 Injured in I-57 Rollover (Tribune)
- UIC Study: Pedestrians and Cyclists Often Ignore Train Warnings (Tribune)
- Moreno: “About Damn Time” Milwaukee/Wood Intersection Was Reconfigured (DNA)
- State Considers Eliminating Gas Sales Tax. We Should be Raising It (Clinton Herald, Southtown)
- Tinley Park Proposes a Traffic Roundabout (Tribune)
- Gallery: Ideas for Improving Union Station (Transitized)
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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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