Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 1
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9:06 AM CDT on May 1, 2015
- 1,400 Residents From 43 Wards Have Contacted Officials Asking Them to Save Kinzie PBLs (Active Trans)
- City Floats Idea of Express Bus From Blue Line to Navy Pier, Along With Other Routes (DNA)
- Ashland Opponent Erroneously Claims Light Rail Only “Slightly More Expensive” Than BRT (Gazette)
- 66-Year-Old Man Killed in Car-Semi Crash in Pullman (Tribune)
- Man Charged With 4th Sexual Assault on ‘L’ After DNA Evidence Links Him to 2007 Attack (CBS)
- Woman Drives Through Cemetery, Causing $50K in Damage (DNA)
- CTA Beefing Up Service for NFL Draft Town, Polish Parade (Sun-Times)
- Edgewater Observer: Planned Divvy Density for Edgewater is Insufficent
- Uber Offers to Pick Up Your Old Clothes for Free and Donate Them to Goodwill (DNA)
- First Activate Alley Party Takes Place May 15 in Sullivan Center Alley (Loop Alliance)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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