Today’s Headlines

  • Residents Want Speed Table Crosswalks at Palmer Square Park (DNA)
  • Construction Begins on Rogers Park’s “Lakefront Car Tower” (DNA)
  • John Krause Proposes a Light Rail Line for Lake Shore Drive (BWLP)
  • Teen Driver Fleeing Police Injures 6 on Near West Side (Tribune)
  • Drunk, Unlicensed Driver Breaks Woman’s Leg in Geneva (Suburban Life)
  • Police Staging DUI Crackdown on Stoney Island This Friday (DNA)
  • Settlement Awarded to Cyclist Injured by Driver Who Violated 3-Foot Rule (Keating)
  • 2-Way PBLs Like Dearborn Increase Cycling, But Are They Dangerous? (Treehugger)
  • A Sneak Peak at Northerly Island’s Conversion to an Awesome New Public Space (DNA)
  • Registration Opens for Active Trans‘ 2014 Bike Commuter Challenge

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CMAP Board Votes 10-4 to Reject the Illiana Tollway (Tribune) After Ventra Registration Snafus, CTA Pushes Back Deadline to Switch Cards (Sun-Times, DNA) Top 5 Ventra Complaints (RedEye) Emanuel Says City Will Seek Plenty of Input Before Moving Forward With BRT (Sun-Times) Car Driver Hits CTA Bus in East Garfield Park , Injuring 8 (DNA) […]

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U.S. DOT Recommends Ashland BRT, Red & Purple Rehab for Federal Funding (Tribune) TOD Ordinance Called “Stupid” at Meeting on Low-Parking Building by Sheridan Stop (DNA) Western Closed This Weekend for Bloomingdale Bridge Transplant (The 606, DNA) Rough Winter for Amtrak (Tribune) No Charges for Driver Who Killed Female Pedestrian in Aurora (Tribune) Rahm: Contractors […]

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CTA Construction to Eliminate Brown Line Slow Zones on Near North Side (DNA) CDOT Stripes Buffered Lanes on South Halsted (DNA) DuPage County Recommends John Zediker to Join Scandal-Plagued Metra Board (NBC) Shaw: Metra Board Member Shouldn’t Have Donated to Preckwinkle Campaign (Sun-Times) Driver Killed, Passenger Critically Injured in Long Grove Wreck (Tribune) City Installing […]