Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 15
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9:19 AM CST on December 15, 2015
- Active Trans Urges City to Add Prepaid Boarding to Loop Link, Seeks BRT Outreach Volunteers
- City’s Law Department Files New Charges Against RedFlex (DNA)
- Man Fatally Struck While Trying to Run Across At-Grade Brown Line Crossing at Kedzie (Tribune)
- 3 Injured After After Drivers Crash and Car Goes Through Skokie Storefront (Sun-Times)
- Crowdfunding Campaign Launched for Cyclist Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver (Chainlink)
- Workday Closures on Wilson This Week to Build Canopy for Station Construction (DNA)
- Michele Smith Moves to Ban Food Carts From Just About All Lincoln Park Business Strips (DNA)
- In the Wake of SSA Snafu, Director of Jeff Park Chamber of Commerce Steps Down (DNA)
- Skokie Sues to Aquire Cemetery Land for Bike Trail Along Old Orchard Road (Tribune)
- Why Isn’t There Ferry Service From Chicago to Michigan, and Could There Be Again? (WBEZ)
- Feast Your Eyes on the Sexy Cabbies in This Pin-Up Calendar (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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