Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM CST on December 18, 2013
- Cuts in Pre-Tax Benefits Program Will Hurt Local Transit Riders (Tribune)
- Woman Dies After Falling From Unplowed Riverwalk Into Icy River (Tribune)
- Drunk Driver Who Killed 2 and Fled Scene Gets 10 Years Prison (Sun-Times)
- Boeing Donates $50K to the Bloomingdale Trail (DNA)
- WTTW Talks With a CTA Cleaner Who Will Lose Job When Ex-Offender Program Ends
- Reilly Proposes $1,000 Fine for Loud Motorcycles (DNA)
- An Open Letter to Alderman Cardenas About His Anti-BRT Stance (City Notes)
- Is It Fair for CTA to Use New Starts Money for North Red Line? (Streetsblog Capitol Hill)
- Mundelein Wants to build Pedestrian Bridge for Better Metra Access (Tribune)
- Active Trans Deputy Director Wins Award for Promoting Kids’ Health
- Snow Is Mother Nature’s Traffic Calming (Transitized)
- Sweet Accessibility‘s Approach to Redesigning Public Space Is Far From Gingerly
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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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