Today’s Headlines

• 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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