Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM CDT on October 17, 2013

Consultant Recommends Consolidating 4 Transit Agency Boards Into 1 Regional Board (Sun-Times)
Final CMAP Vote Today on the Illiana Tollway (Tribune)
Speed Cameras on "Faster Avenue" Seem to Be Doing Their Job (Sun-Times)
Central Figure in Metra Patronage Scandal Got Tailor-Made State Job (CBS)
Skokie: Garbage Truck Driver Had Right-of-Way Before Fatal Crash (Tribune)
Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop in Englewood Hits Pole, Injuring 4 (Tribune)
Flipped Truck Blocks Lanes of LSD (DNA)
City Council Approves Honorary Street Sign for Bobby Cann (RedEye)
Ventra Website Undergoing Maintenance This Week (RedEye)
Why Adams Street Near Union Station Should Be Pedestrianized (Transitized)

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