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By
Steven Vance
9:30 AM CDT on June 17, 2014
- Tonight: Meet Joyride Author Mia Birk at Vinyl
- CTA Extends Bus Routes To Reach Beaches (CTA)
- It’s Getting Easier To Ditch Car in Chicago (RedEye)
- 7000-Series Train Car Bidders Rejected, Order Delayed to 2019 (Tattler)
- People Who Ride Bikes To Work: “We’re Not Going Away” (Crain’s)
- Union Station Master Plan Could Do More To Liven Great Hall (DNAInfo)
- Divvy To Expand to Six Corner/Portage Park This Year (DNAInfo)
- Aurora Man Dies After Car Crosses Median, Slams Into Semi (Tribune)
- Transitized Reviews New Broadway Bike Lanes: Not For Everyone
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