Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 19
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By
Steven Vance
8:45 AM CDT on June 19, 2015
- 50 Percent of Renters Along North Side Red Line Have No Car but Have a Parking Space (MPC)
- Developer Plans New Skyscrapers in South Loop with Driveways on Harrison Bike Lane
- Mumford & Sons Concert, With 5,000 Bike Valet Spaces, Rescheduled to Tonight (Tribune)
- Exec at LAZ Parking, Parking Meter Operators, Goes on Leave During FBI Probe (Sun-Times)
- Police to Enforce Driving Under the Influence in Auburn-Gresham Saturday Night (DNA)
- Semi-Truck Driver Falls Asleep on Stevenson, Injuring Six People (Sun-Times)
- Tribune Publishes Map of Ghost Bikes, Which Honor Those Killed While Cycling
- Police Pulled Over Motorists Who Didn’t Stop for Pedestrians in Wicker Park (Reddit)
- Have You Encountered One of These Six Bloomingdale Trail Characters? (Time Out)
- Beverly Resident Says California/Milwaukee in Logan Square is “Healthy Street” (Main Street Beverly)
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Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.
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