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9:00 AM CDT on October 8, 2013

    • Pritzker Tears Down House to Make Room for "Mistake by the Lake" Garage (DNA)
    • Customers Complain of Long Phone Waits While Activating Ventra Cards (Tribune)
    • CTA Riders Say They Got Ventra Cards in Mail But Never Got Password Email (RedEye)
    • Fifth Third Bank Removes ATMs From CTA Property Over Withdrawal Fee Dispute (Tribune)
    • Woman Killed in Kane County Crash (Tribune)
    • Man Charged With DUI in Fatal Woodlawn Crash (Tribune)
    • Bomb Scare Delays Metra Union Pacific North Line (Sun-Times)
    • Meeting on Kenmore Woonerf Tonight at 7 p.m. at DePaul Student Union (RedEye)
    • Video: A Portrait of an Andersonville Bike Thief as a Young Man (CBS)
    • Another Thief Caught on Camera Stealing Cycles in Old Irving Park (DNA)
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John Greenfield

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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