Today’s Headlines
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By
Payton Chung
9:33 AM CST on November 3, 2014
- Stormy Lake Scours Away Chunks Of Lakefront Trail Along Gold Coast (Chainlink)
- Trail Closed Between Oak, Fullerton; Repairs Begin Today (DNA)
- Divvy Employees Petition Feds to Recognize Labor Union (Crain’s)
- Election Day Tomorrow; CNT Says Gubernatorial Campaigns Have Neglected Transit
- Belmont Bypass’ Immediate Neighbors Slam Outreach, Will Vote On Keeping Bottleneck (DNA)
- Irving-Austin Business District To Get Better Crosswalks, Wider Sidewalks (DNA)
- Random Screening Of CTA Passengers’ Bags Begins Today (Columbia Chronicle)
- So Long, ‘Boeing Bicentennials’: CTA Retires Last of 2400-Series Rail Cars (CBS)
- Kamin: Overhaul “Dialing Down [Navy] Pier’s Generic Commercialism” (Trib)
- Giant Crowd Gathers To Watch Man Walking In Downtown Chicago (Voice of America)
- Take A Moment To Admire Fall Foliage In Grant Park (LGRAB)
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Payton Chung is Editor at Large of Streetsblog USA. He first addressed a city council about smart growth in 1996, accidentally authored Chicago's inclusionary housing law, and sees the promises and perils of planning every day as a resident of "beautiful as well as sanitary" Washington, D.C.
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