Today’s Headlines
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9:16 AM CST on November 14, 2013
- Ventra Outage at 60 Stations Leads to 15,000 Free Rides (Tribune, Sun-Times)
- Union Station Needs to Be Rebuilt But Is There Political Will? (Crain’s)
- Troopers Fill Courtroom at Hearing for Trucker Who Killed Their Colleague (Tribune)
- Does Chicago Have the Courage to Implement Gold-Standard BRT? (MPC)
- Transitized Deconstructs an Error-Riddled Sun-Times Opinion Video on Divvy
- Active Trans Discusses Their New Partnership With Revolution Brewing (DNA)
- Bicycle Film Festival Is Coming to Town (Active Trans)
- Sick BMX Tricks on Divvy Bikes (RedEye)
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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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