Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 7
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9:00 AM CST on March 7, 2016
- CDOT Moves to Eliminate Dangerous Slip Lane at Grace/Halsted, Drivers Freak Out (Change.org)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Tribune Looks at the Trend Towards Concrete-Protected Bike Lanes
- John McCarron: We Should Have Done a Downtown Circulator Bus Instead of Loop Link (Tribune)
- Henry English, Head of Black United Fund, Dead Following Car Crash (Sun-Times)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injures Bike Rider in Round Lake (Tribune)
- Multiple Late-Evening Muggings of Cyclists on The 606 During the Past Week (Tribune)
- Drivers Have Been Using the Dearborn PBL as a Turn Lane at Randolph (DNA)
- MPC Looks at How Mode Share for Various Forms of Transportation Shifts Throughout the Year
- Logan Square Preservation: We Believe TOD Construction Leads to More Tear-Downs (DNA)
- The Edgewater Observer Takes a Ride on the Loop Link Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
- Stick a Fork in It: The Western/Belmont Overpass Is History (DNA)
- This Month’s Events on the Lakefront Trail (Active Trans)
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