Today’s Headlines

• 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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