Today’s Headlines
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9:01 AM CDT on October 16, 2014
- Emanuel Says He May Refund Tickets From 2.9 Second Yellow Lights (Tribune)
- CTA Making Second Attempt to Bid Out 846 Series 7000 Rail Cars (Tribune)
- Transit Systems Will Test Out Ventra Mobile App in February (Sun-Times, Red-Eye)
- NJ Company Claims CTA & Metra Infringed on Its Smart Card Reader Patent (Sun-Times)
- Oak Lawn Man Charged for Several Sexual Abuse Cases Aboard CTA Trains in 2012 (Tribune)
- Customers: If Metra Did a Better Job of Checking Tickets, They Wouldn’t Have to Raise Fares (Tribune)
- Tattler: CTA Should Raise Fares to Fund Capital Improvements
- Moreno Voices Support for Affordable Housing Development by the Bloomingdale Trail (DNA)
- Van Driver Badly Damages the Night Ministry’s New Bus in Wicker Park Crash (DNA)
- Active Trans Responds to the Trib’s “Ban Bikes for a Day” Op-Ed
- Chicago Contractors Should Be Using Skid-Resistant Road Plates (Kevenides)
- Why Does Bus Bunching Happen? (WBEZ)
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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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