Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM CST on January 15, 2014
- Federal Appropriations Bill Is Good News for Red and Purple Line Funding (Crain’s)
- Orseno Defends Metra Performance During Last Week’s Chiberia (Tribune)
- Metra Trains Crowded Due to Repairs of Cars Damaged During Big Chill (Sun-Times)
- New Ravenswood Metra Station Slated to Open in May (DNA)
- Austin Will Be Getting Divvy Stations (OakPark.com)
- It’s Time to Move Beyond PBLs With Plastic Posts (Active Trans)
- Due to Potential Conflict, Special Prosecutor Requested for Savini DUI Case (Tribune)
- Driver Doors Female Cyclist in West Town, Walks Away (Keating)
- Is Rogers Park Really a Parking-Deprived Neighborhood? (DNA)
- Video: Enjoying Chiberia From a Bicycle Seat (HuffPo)
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