Today’s Headlines
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9:16 AM CDT on August 13, 2015
- Jason Prechtel’s White Whale: Finding Out Exactly Why the CTA Switched to Ventra (Reader)
- 2 Men Arrested for “Inhibiting the Flow of Traffic” at Black Lives Matter Protest (Tribune)
- CDOT Is Reversing the Direction of the Alley Next to the Chicago Cultural Center (Sun-Times)
- Smooth Move: Yacht Club Worker Rescues Driver After He Plunges Car Into the Lake (WGN)
- A Rash of Necklace Snatchings on the Red and Blue Lines (Tribune)
- 4,000 People Participated in Active Trans‘ Commuter Challenger — Here Are the Winners
- Apple Is Moving to Pioneer Court — Will Reilly Stop Blocking a Divvy Station There? (Curbed)
- Unsavory News: Bridgeport Pasty Restaurant Temporarily Closed by Road Construction (DNA)
- Shoe Store Is Filming an Ad on the CTA Near Pritzker Park (RedEye)
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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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