Today’s Headlines
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9:31 AM CST on January 13, 2014
- Newly Replaced South Red Line Gets Short-Term Slow Zone (RedEye)
- Metra’s Many Chiberia Train Snafus Show How Dysfunctional the System Is (Crain’s)
- Editorial: RTA Audit May Get to the Root of the Metra Woes (Sun-Times)
- 2 Women Killed After Minivan Stalls on I-290 in Forest Park (Tribune)
- Female Driver Charged After Injuring Pedestrian & Fleeing Scene (Tribune)
- Third Person Dies After New Year’s Day Crash in West Garfield Park (DNA)
- Passengers Evacuated After Blue Line Track Fire Near Rosemont (Tribune)
- Sawyer Withdraws Complaint About Plowing, Complains of Poor Communication (DNA)
- BWLP Gives a Thumbs-Up to the Proposed Children’s Memorial Site Development
- Divvy Offering 10% discount to Active Trans Members
- Yesterday Was the No Pants Subway Ride (Sun-Times, RedEye, DNA)
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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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