Today’s Headlines
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9:04 AM CDT on March 12, 2014
- Nation Reaches Highest Transit Ridership in 57 Years, But Not So in Chicago (Active Trans)
- Taskforce Proposes 2 Models for Rebooting Regional Transit Governance (Sun-Times)
- Most Ventra Users Aren’t Registering Their Cards, Missing $5 Transit Credit (RedEye)
- Opinion: The Illiana Is a Massive Pothole of a Project (Crain’s)
- The White Stuff Causes a Blizzard of Commuting Issues (DNA)
- How the Transit Agencies Prepared for the Latest Snowstorm (Tribune)
- Authorities Investigate Fatal Arlington Heights Pileup (Tribune)
- Water Crews Scramble to Fix 6-Foot Old Town Pothole (Sun-Times)
- Help Brainstorm Ways to Improve LSD & the Lakefront Trail (BWLP)
- Cute Accessories for City Bikes (LGRAB)
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