Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 6
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8:56 AM CDT on May 6, 2015
- Proposed Ordinance to Reform Red Light Camera Program Passes in Committee (Sun-Times)
- Predictably, the Tribune Whines That the Ordinance Is “Watered Down”
- DNAinfo Runs a Zillion Posts About High-Ticket Speed Cams
- Alderman Grill Latent Designs, Tapped to Run People Plazas Program, on Ads, Equity (Tribune)
- CTA Proposes Closing the Lawrence Red Line Stop for Several Years for an Overhaul (Tribune)
- RedEye Takes a Tour Of the Bloomingdale Trail, Including Observatory
- Bloomingdale’s Milwaukee Bridge Now Fully Suspended (DNA)
- 1 Teen Killed, Another Critically Injured in Des Plaines Right-Angle Crash (Sun-Times)
- Active Trans Seeking Volunteers for Bike the Drive
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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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