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9:00 AM CDT on September 4, 2014
- 6-Week Closure of Blue Line’s California Stop Starts Today (Tribune)
- Amtrak asks Feds to Investigate IL Passenger Rail Delays Caused by CN Trains (Crain’s)
- Police: 2 Suspects Injured in Crash After Driver Tried to Run Over an Officer (RedEye)
- Chicago Developers Are Making Good Use of the New TOD Ordinance (Architect’s Newspaper)
- What You Can Do to Help Make the Evanston Bike Plan a Reality (Active Trans)
- Survey finds Hyde Parkers Want a Trolley on 53rd; Pilot May Launch by Thanksgiving (DNA)
- New Bike/Ped Bridge Proposed to Connect Goose Island to the “Hipster Highway” (Crain’s)
- An In-Depth Look at Chicago Bike Theft and Efforts to Stop It (Reader)
- Wish You Could Still Buy 3- and 7-Day CTA Passes? There’s a Hack for That (RedEye)
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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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