Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 2

• Durbin Urges Boehner to Pass a Long-Term Highway Bill Before He Steps Down (The Hill)
• Amtrak Study Calls for Unified Control Center for Dispatchers From Different Railroads (Tribune)
• New Metra Online Payment Policy Helps for Transit Benefit Program Users (Tribune)
• Allegedly Drunk Driver Injures Paramedics Who Were Helping Victims of Previous Crash (DNA)
• Police Release Video of Vehicle in Hit-and-Run That Killed a Pedestrian in Niles (Sun-Times)
• Neighbors Concerned New Hotel Garage Exit Will Be a Safety Hazard (DNA)
• Brown Line Closed Between Western & Kimball This Weekend for Track Repairs (DNA)
• Now That Food Carts Are Legal, Tunney & Reilly Want to Limit Where They Can Go (HuffPo)
• The 606 Gets Some Ink in Toronto's Globe and Mail Newspaper
• Piece Brewery & Pizzeria Salutes The 606 / Markets Their Business With Drone Video (DNA)
• What's Happening on the Lakefront Trail This Month (Active Trans)

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