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By John Greenfield

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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John Greenfield

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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