Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 10

• CSR Sifang America Wins $1.B Contract to Build 846 7000 Series Cars at Chicago Plant (Tribune)
• City Council Approves 50-Cent Surcharge for Credit Card Payment of Cab Fares (RedEye)
• Police: 3 Recent Robberies of Taxi Drivers in Englewood (DNA)
• Teen Driver Who Beat Sikh Man in a Hate Crime Gets Probation, Community Service (Tribune)
• Transit-Oriented Development Planned for Former Alley Store Site (Chicagoist)
• Von Linne Elementary Students Get Free Bikes as a Reward for Good Attendance (WGN)
• Ironclad Defense for Red Line Phone Jammer: “He’s Disturbed by People Talking Around Him” (Tribune)
• New Belgium, 2016 Beer Sponsor for ATA, Will Host “Whimsical Tomfoolery” at Bike the Drive
• Meetings Scheduled this Month on Little Village Paseo, West Side Bikeways (Active Trans)

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