Today’s Headlines
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9:12 AM CST on December 16, 2013
- 80-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed in Lakeview Crash (DNA)
- 13 Injured in 5-Car Pileup in Bellwood (Tribune)
- Divvy Skeptic Jon Hilkevitch Scrutinizes Revenue, Overlooks Ad Sales (Tribune)
- Running Bike-Share During a Harsh Winter is Terra Nova for Alta (Tribune)
- 6-Corners Business Association Want to Bring Divvy to Portage Park (DNA)
- Metra Searches for a Permanent Executive Director (Tribune)
- Skosey and Cardenas Discuss Bus Rapid Transit on Chicago Tonight
- Edgewater Observer Discusses the Left-Turn Prohibition for BRT
- An Analysis of Last Week’s Local BRT Coverage (Expired Meter)
- CTA Holding 6 Ventra Balance Transfer Events This Month (Tribune)
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