Today’s Headlines

• Active Trans Report Finds Chicago Averages 125K Bike Trips Per Day (Sun-Times)
• Business Owners Fret Over Kennedy Road Work, CTA & Metra Adding Service (RedEye)
• Cubs Must Bring Plan for New Remote Lot Before Zoning Board (Tribune)
• Bronzeville Bike Builder Gives Away 500 Bikes to Kids (Active Trans)
• CTA Plans to Add E-Cigarettes to Smoking Ban (RedEye)
• Kickstarter Launched to Help Fund Idea for Island Near Erie Street (Tribune)
• Cyclist Wins Settlement After She Was Injured by a Cop on LFT, Then Ticketed (FK Law)
• Bolingbrook Bicyclist Hit & Dragged 50 Feet Wins Settlement (Keating)
• Construction of Anti-Homeless Barriers Underway in Avondale Viaduct (DNA)
• Chicago’s Loop Pedicab Ban Reflects City’s Tendancy to Over-Regulate (Tribune)
• Police Sting Nabs Suspected Evanston Bike Thieves (NBC)
• Bike Commuter Challenge Offers a Slew of Pit Stops & Happy Hours (DNA)

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