Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 9
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9:03 AM CST on November 9, 2015
- Transpo Bill Keeps North Red Line Funding, Requires 50% Local Match for South Extension (Crain’s)
- If Metra Loses State Funding, They’ll Cut Service Rather Than Hike Fares (Sun-Times)
- Cardenas Jumps on Anti-Cam Bandwagon With Protest of an Archer Ave. Cam This Morning (DNA)
- Taggers Vandalize About 12 Red Line Cars; More Info on Loop Link Lane Tweak (Tribune)
- Route 53 Extension Planning Committee Votes to Move the Project Forward (Tribune)
- Van Driver “Plowed Through a Crowd of Pedestrians” in the Loop, Injuring 2 (DNA)
- 7 Participatory Budgeting Hearings Scheduled for the 45th Ward (DNA)
- Will Chicago’s Next Great Off-Street Path Be Built in Little Village? (RedEye)
- Buffalo Grove May Require Bike Helmets, Even Though Such Laws Discourage Cycling (Herald)
- Des Plaines Considers Building Underpass to Make It Easier to Walk & Bike to Downtown (Herald)
- Interactive Map With Info About 12.5K Units in the Works for South Loop This Year (Curbed)
- CTAFails Launches Instagram Account (DNA)
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