Today’s Headlines
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9:16 AM CDT on September 15, 2014
- International Study Agrees: Chicagoland Has Too Many Transit Boards (Tribune)
- City Moves to Acquire Rail Line for New ERA Trail (DNA)
- Man, 20, Fatally Struck by Wheeling Police Officer (WLS)
- CTA Bus Driver Fatally Strikes 54-Year-Old Woman in Back of the Yards (Fox)
- New Pedestrian Bridges on South Lakefront Will Correct an Inequality (Tribune)
- Loop Alliance Brainstorms Ideas for Energizing Gloomy Wabash Corridor (Tribune)
- NW Suburbs Want to Improve Access to Des Plaines River Trail (Active Trans)
- Thieves Ram Through Door of Oak Street Boutique With Car, Steal Coats (Tribune)
- Oh Thank Heaven! Cops Catch Man Who Crashed Car Into 7-Eleven, Fled (Tribune)
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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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