Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 15
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9:01 AM CDT on May 15, 2015
- Transit Agencies Delay Launch of Ventra Smartphone App Until Fall (Tribune)
- Don’t Believe the Hype: Non-Drivers Do Pay Fair Share of Road Costs (Active Trans)
- Metra Is Still 3 or 4 Years Away From Getting “Positive Train Control” Safety System (Tribune)
- Brown Line Trains Will Be Rerouted to Subway This Weekend for Track Work (DNA)
- Woman Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver While Walking on Des Plaines Road With No Sidewalks (Tribune)
- National Guardsmen Pull Driver to Safety After Fiery South Loop Crash (Tribune)
- River Access, Transit Hub, Housing Win Curbed Poll on What Should Go In at Vienna Beef Site
- Divvy & Protected Lanes Were Factors in WalkScore Ranking Chicago the #6 Biking City (Chicagoist)
- DNA Takes a Tour of the Future Big Marsh Bike Park Site on SE Side
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