Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 1
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8:57 AM CDT on July 1, 2015
- Fraudulent Use of Free & Reduced Fare Cards Has Cost the CTA $6.5 Million (RedEye)
- Rauner Signs Bill Reappropriating Money for Road Construction (Sun-Times)
- Protester Claim’s Driver in Rauner’s Entourage Purposely Struck His Arm (Tribune)
- Evanston Officials Ride the Purple Line to Gauge Interest in Extended Hours (Tribune)
- 62-Year-Old Man Killed in single-Car Crash in Burnside Neighborhood (Tribune)
- Big Chunks of Concrete Are Falling From LSD’s Lawrence Bridge (Uptown Update)
- CDOT Releases Spring 2015 Bike Count Report
- 10 Pieces of Public Art Are Coming to Clark Street (DNA)
- Parking Lot of Shuttered West Ridge Movie Theater Is Being Transformed Into a Park (DNA)
- How Bike Lawyer (& SBC Sponsor) Jim Freeman Found His Calling (Crain’s)
- Heritage Bikes Owner Shares Some of His Favorite Cycling Destinations (Michigan Avenue)
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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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