Today’s Headlines

• Cook County Board May Cut a $41K Check to Pay Tickets for County Employees (Tribune)
• Two Killed After Driver Crashes SUV Into Tree in Bucktown (CBS)
• Strangers Have Been Reaching Out to Help Boy Who Lost Leg in Metra Crash (Tribune)
• Chicago Needs More Miles of Protected Bike Lanes (Keating)
• Active Trans Launches Petition for Separating Pedestrians & Cyclists on Lakefront Trail
• After High Winds Delayed Installation, 606’s Milwaukee Bridge Arch Is Finally in Place (DNA)
  
• Gazette’s Holiday Wish That Ashland BRT Will Be Kiboshed Is Naughty, Not Nice
• IDOT Explains Why They Shut Down Lanes During Rush Hour for Graffiti Removal (Tribune)
• Not Phair! Winnetkans Upset About Losing Ticket Agent at Local Metra Station (Tribune)
• Parking Will Be Removed on Clark to Make Room for Peds on Massive Bar Crawl (DNA)
• Video: A Mail Carrier Nearly Delivers a Right-Hook to Kevenides in Kinzie PBL
• Yee-ha! Heritage Bicycles Is Opening Up an Outpost in Music City (Nashville Post)

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