Today’s Headlines

By John Greenfield
Dec 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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