Today’s Headlines
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9:05 AM CST on December 5, 2014
- Eric Garner Decision Protestors Briefly Take Over Michigan, LSD (Sun-Times, RedEye)
- MPC Part of Coalition Calling for Long-Term Federal Transportation Funding
- Applying Vision Zero Principals in Chicago Will Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities (Active Trans)
- Boy Who Lost Leg in Metra Crash Ducked Under Lowered Gate (Tribune)
- IDOT Blocks 2 Lanes of Kennedy During A.M. Rush to Remove Graffiti From Sign (DNA)
- Active Trans Wants Your Input for Their 2015 Municipal Election Platform
- Arch for the Bloomingdale’s Milwaukee Bridge Will Be Installed Saturday (DNA)
- Skate & BMX Park Opens This Saturday in Grant Park (RedEye)
- Po Campo Owner Maria Boustead Discusses Chicago’s Transpo Biking Scene (Active Trans)
- CTA Holiday Train Visits Blue Line Next Week (DNA)
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