Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 25
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9:00 AM CDT on March 25, 2016
- What’s Up With All the Ground-Level Parking in Chicago? (Moss Design)
- Petition Launched to Turn the Wicker Park Commons Parking Lot Into a Park (DNA)
- Uber & Lyft Lash Out Against Ald. Beale’s Proposed Ride-Share Regulations (Crain’s)
- The Checkered History of Block 37, Including the Failed CTA Superstation (Crain’s)
- Cyclist Injured in CTA Bus Crash at Division/Damen Wins Settlement (Keating)
- Finance, Zoning, and Planning Systems Can Be Barriers to Good Development (MSB)
- “The Great 606 Challenge” Scavenger Hunt Takes Place 4/2 on the Bloomingdale Trail
- “Girl Up Charity Ride” on 4/10 Will Raise Money to Fund Bikes for African Schoolgirls
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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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