Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 20
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8:58 AM CDT on July 20, 2015
- CNT: County Vote to Raise Sales Tax Is a Step Towards Better Transit Funding
- Men Who Worked on Ventra Launch Sold CTA’s Confidential RFP Info to Toronto (Curbed)
- Moreno to Anti-Gentrification Activists: If You Want Affordability, Support Density (DNA)
- Editorial: Allowing Firearms on Public Transit Is a Terrible Idea (Tribune)
- Police: Driver Intentionally Struck and Killed Man in Chicago Heights Parking Lot (Tribune)
- Allegedly Drunk Driver Charged With Reckless Homicide After Lower Wacker Crash (Sun-Times)
- Off-Duty Cop Charged With DUI After Critically Injuring Pedestrian (CBS)
- Witness: CTA Employee Refused to Help Restrain Man Who Attacked Woman on Red Line (Sun-Times)
- Active Trans: Success of Batavia Shared Street Is a Good Indicator for Argyle
- The Tribune Infiltrates Lowe Wacker’s Illegal Drag Racing Scene
- WTTW Visits The Garden, Chicago’s BMX Bike Park in the Woods
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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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