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Today’s Headlines for April 16

8:56 AM CDT on April 16, 2015

    • CDOT Has Already Started Installing Red Pavement for Loop Link BRT (DNA)
    • Divvy Starts Expansion, Opens Attractions at Airports, Announces Data Challenge Winners (Curbed)
    • Ald. Reilly Introduces Ordinance to Force CDOT to Move Kinzie PBL to Grand (Sun-Times)
    • Why Are Twin Cities Growing So Much Faster Than CHI? Transit & TOD Are Factors (Chicago)
    • Driver Dies After Crashing Van Into House in Hegewisch (Tribune)
    • 1 Dead After Truck-Car Crash in SW Suburban Elwood (Tribune)
    • Motorist Who Intentionally Struck 2 Men on NW Side Charged With Aggravated Battery (Tribune)
    • IDOT's "The Driving Dead" Web Miniseries Promotes Safety With Zombies (Tribune)
    • Safety-Conscious Cabbie Asks Customers to Buckle Up (DNA)
    • Ex-CDOT Clerk Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Nearly $750K in Permit Fees (Tribune)
    • Developer Plans to Replace Parking Lot by Morgan Stop With 81 Apartments (Curbed)
    • U of C Students Propose Turning Failed Block 37 Superstation Into a Data Center (Crain's)

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