Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 8
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9:10 AM CST on December 8, 2015
- Active Trans Looks at the New Federal Transportation Bill
- Lyft Line Carpool Service Launched in Chicago Yesterday (Tribune)
- Rather Than Carpool Lanes, IDOT Considers Tolled Low-Traffic Lanes on Expressways (Crain’s)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Senior in Jefferson Park (Sun-Times)
- Lake Zurich Considers Adding Stoplight in Front of School Where Driver Killed Teen (Herald)
- After Speeding Driver Strikes Pole, Officers Rescue 3 From the Burning Wreck (Tribune)
- Secretary of State Looking Into the Possibility of Electronic Driver’s Licenses (Illinois Policy)
- Need for Road Salt Melts Rauner’s Resolve to Not Spend Money Without Budget Deal (Sun-Times)
- What Would Chicago Be Like if We Got Rid of All the Expressways? (BT&C)
- Biking West Out of the Loop Just Got Safer & Easier — New Stoplight at Fulton/Halsted (DNA)
- Wicker Park Bystanders Knock Chrome Messenger Bag Thief From Here to Timbuk2 (DNA)
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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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