Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 18
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9:00 AM CDT on June 18, 2015
- South Shore Wins Active Trans‘ Broken Spoke Award as the Only U.S. Commuter Line to Ban Bikes
- Metra Is Bracing for State Funding Cuts by Considering Fare Hike & Service Cuts (Tribune)
- Teenage Driver Jumps Curb, Kills 46-Year-Old Man in West Pullman; Citations Pending (Tribune)
- 80-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck in Crystal Lake, Driver Not Cited (Sun-Times)
- Driver Sentenced to Life in Prison for Intentionally Running a Car off the Road, Killing 2 (Sun-Times)
- Op-Ed: Prioritizing O’Hare Express Over Neighborhood Transit Would Be Inequitable (Sun-Times)
- Advocates Point to Stanley Cup Delivery Delay as Evidence We Need a New Transpo Bill (The Hill)
- Arf! Metra Will Test Pets-on-Trains on Rock Island Line on Weekends, Starting July 4 (Crains)
- Palatine Adding 19 Miles of Bike Lanes & Routes Next Summer (Daily Herald)
- Multitudes Will be Dumping the Pump by Taking CTA & Metra to Blackawks Rally Today
- No, The 606 Is Not Named After an Old Chicago Burlesque Club (Tribune)
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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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