Today’s Headlines for Friday, February 26
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8:00 AM CST on February 26, 2016
- Parsons Brinckerhoff Wins $2M Contract to Brainstorm the O’Hare Express (Sun-Times)
- Thanks to CTA Track Work, Slow Zones Are at Their Lowest Level in Almost 20 Years (CTA Tattler)
- Christopher Sanchez‘s Family to At-Large Hit-and-Run Driver: “Don’t Ask for Clemency” (Tribune)
- 5 People Injured in Pile-Up After Driver Ran a Red in River North (Tribune)
- DUI Crackdown in Portage Park This Weekend (DNA)
- Amtrak is Seeking a Master Developer to Lead the Reinvention of Union Station (MPC)
- Pedestrian Desire Lines Show Where There Should Be Crosswalks (Main Street Beverly)
- Chicagoans Have Sent 2,500 Bikes to Lesotho, Which Previously Had Almost No Cycling (Active Trans)
- Beauty, Eh? Sale of Skyway to Canadian Investors Leads to $28M Windfall For Chicago (Sun-Times)
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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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