Today’s Headlines
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9:17 AM CDT on April 24, 2014
- Many Parallels Between Today’s Fatal Wicker Park Crash and Saturday’s (Tribune)
- Driver Who Killed Cyclist Efrain Diaz-Torres May Have Ignored Stop Sign (Kevenides)
- IL Infrastructure Is Getting Better, But It’s Nothing to Write Home About (Crain’s)
- Arena Decides Not to Bring Back Metered Sundays After All (DNA)
- Reilly: Throw the Book at Crooked Valet Parking Operators (Sun-Times)
- Council May Raise Fines For Chicago Drivers Who Register in ‘Burbs (Sun-Times)
- DUI Stings in Englewood & Back of the Yards This Weekend (DNA)
- Gabe Klein: Mode Shift Can Be Induced With “Carrots” & “Sticks” (Atlantic Cities)
- Chicargobike Checks Out PBLs in Florence, Italy
- Woman Takes a Slow Ride, Takes It Easy, on a Low-Geared Divvy (Freeman)
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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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