Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM CDT on August 29, 2014
- State of Illinois Providing $10 Million to Expand Safe Passages Program (Tribune)
- Sun-Times Is Bankrolling Free CTA Rides for CPS Students on First Day (RedEye)
- 15 Injured After O’Hare Shuttle Bus Driver Crashes Into Median (Sun-Times)
- Flooding Has Put a Damper on Riverwalk Construction Work (Curbed)
- City Study Finds Taxi Drivers Make $12.14 an Hour, Cabbies Beg to Differ (Sun-Times)
- Open Letter to Rahm From a Cabbie: Give Us Higher Rates, Lower Fees (Chicago)
- How Transitized Moved From Chicago to Vancouver Via Amtrak
- Ribbon Cutting & BBQ for Loyola’s New Kenmore Promenade 5:30 P.M. Today (DNA)
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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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