Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 10
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8:56 AM CDT on August 10, 2015
- Tribune Editorial Endorses Emanuel’s Expanded TOD Ordinance Proposal
- Rauner Signs Law Allowing People With 4 DUIs to Drive With Breathalyzer in Car (Herald)
- 2 Drivers Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on the Eisenhower in Bolingbrook (Tribune)
- Active Trans: Transit Future Could Help Fund Red Line Extension
- Getaround Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing Launches in Chicago (Tribune)
- New 1.7-Mile Stretch of Rails-to-Trails Opens in Skokie (Tribune)
- During Argyle Shared-Street Construction, Access to CTA Stop Is About to Get Easier (DNA)
- Uptown Residents Vote for New Permit Parking Zones (DNA)
- “Bike Around the Bomb” Ride Commemorates Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings (Tribune)
- Meeting to Discuss Pace’s Arterial Rapid Transit Service on August 18 in Gladstone Park (DNA)
- Go Edgewater Public Art Ride Tonight at 6:15 at the Thorndale Stop
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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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