Headlines for Friday, March 4
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By
Steven Vance
9:02 AM CST on March 4, 2016
- Senior Crossing Metra Tracks Hit by 60 MPH Train is Uninjured (Tribune)
- IDOT Demolishes South Side Bridge After Deficiencies Found Last Year (Chicagoist)
- Large Excavators Will Tear Apart Viaduct on Western/Belmont This Weekend (DNA)
- Play Set in Bike Shop To Explore Misunderstandings Between Bicyclists and Motorists (ATA)
- Village of Bartlett Starts New Bike and Run Advisory Committee (Daily Herald)
- MPC Examines January Travel and Transportation Patterns in Chicago
- Developers, Resident Groups Using TOD Calculator to Understand Building Impacts (Harvard)
- Construction Photos of TOD Building at Milwaukee/Elston (Chicago Architecture Info)
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