Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 21

• RedFlex CEO Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges (Tribune)
• Residents Hold Rally Against Rte. 53 Extension (Herald)
• Letter: The Longmeadow Parkway Would Suck Retail Business Away From the Villages (Herald)
• Des Plaines Wants Flashing Light Where 2 Ped Crashes Happened Within Hours (Herald)
• 275-Unit Complex in Wicker Would Have 156 Spaces, Walkway Connecting Division & Milwaukee (DNA)
• TOD With 1:4 Parking Ratio Proposed Near Western Brown Stop Gets Backlash From Neighbors (DNA)
• Mount Prospect Want to Make Downtown More Pedestrian-Friendly (Herald)
• Tribune Anti-BRT Crank John McCarron Is at It Again
• UberESPAÑOL Launches in Chicago, Allowing Customers to Request a Spanish-Speaking Driver (DNA)
• Another $19.5 Million Is Being Spent on the $820 Million Jane Addams Tollway Rehab (Tribune)
• For Once, IDOT Is Recommending Public Transit as a Road Construction Alternative (Sun-Times)
• Once Again, Neighbors Oppose a Plan to Improve Jefferson Park, Killing SSA Proposal (DNA)

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