Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 29
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8:58 AM CST on February 29, 2016
- BGA’s Shaw: Rich Pensions for CTA Execs & Board Members Are Unfair to Transit Riders (Sun-Times)
- Waguespack Wary of O’Hare Express Plan: “Taxpayers Are Gonna Have to Backstop It” (DNA)
- Driver Charged With Felony DUI for Red Light-Running Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Boys (Tribune)
- How Southsiders & Northsiders Joined Forces to Win Back CTA Bus Service (Active Trans)
- Keating: Autocentric Funding Policies, Poor Road Maintenance Leads to Bike Injuries (Trial)
- Oswego Leaders Make a New Push for Establishing Metra Service (Tribune)
- Celebrate Leap Day With a $5 Day Pass From Divvy (DNA)
- Artist Raises Over $2.3K Via Crowdfunding for a New Batch of Pothole Mosaics (Tribune)
- Someone Dropped a Wedding Ring From the Brown Line’s Quincy Platform (DNA)
- Pour One Out for the Belmont Overpass at the “Goodbye to the Riverview Viaduct” Event Friday
- “Bike for Bernie” Ride Sunday 3/13, 2 p.m. at Daley Plaza; No Word on the “Tour de Trump”
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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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