Today’s Headlines
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8:54 AM CST on December 5, 2013
- City Announces $492 Million Overhaul of O’Hare Line (Sun-Times, DNA)
- Claypool: Ventra Still Not Good Enough But It’s Getting Better (Sun-Times)
- ‘Chicago Tonight’ Holding Town Hall on Ventra Snafus (DNA)
- Metra Looking Into Adopting Ventra Next Year (Tribune)
- Niles Hires Sam Schwartz to Create Ped and Bike Plan (Tribune)
- Why You Need to Show Up for the BRT Open Houses (Active Trans)
- How Can Lincoln South of Belmont Be Made Less Depressing? (DNA)
- Santa Visits Brown Line Stations This Week on Holiday Train (DNA)
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