Today’s Headlines

  • I-55 Bus-on-Shoulder Pilot Touted as a Success, May Expand to Other Roads (Southtown)
  • CTA to Award $42 Million Contract for Brown Line Slow Zone Work Tomorrow (RedEye)
  • Man Dies After Crash on Southwest Suburban Bike Trail (Tribune)
  • 7 Injured in Van-Car Crash on I-57 Near Matteson (RedEye)
  • Baby Ejected, Critically Hurt When Van Strikes Pole in West Garfield Park (RedEye)
  • Metra Shows Why Walker Was Foolish to Kill High-Speed Rail in Wisconsin (Cap Times)
  • Ventra Machines Malfunction After Taking in Too Much Cash (RedEye)
  • Public Meeting This Friday on Proposal for Edgewater-Rogers Park Boardwalk (DNA)
  • Logan Stop’s Yellow Figures on Blue Background Mural Is Being Replaced (DNA)

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