Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 5
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9:10 AM CDT on July 5, 2016
- AAIM Study: Chicago DUI Arrests Have Dropped 50% Over Last Decade (DNA)
- Teen Fatally Struck by Driver in South-Suburban Blue Island (ABC)
- After Divvy Fatality, Bike Lawyers Discuss Danger of “Right-Hook” Crashes (Freeman, Keating)
- Videos Show How Martha Gonzalez, Fatally Struck in 2009, Was Killed by CTA Bus Driver (Gazette)
- Officer Provided 1st Aid to Cyclist Who Was Bleeding Profusely After Being Doored (Tribune)
- Irizarry: Friends of the Parks Probably Won’t Fight the Obama Library (DNA)
- Now That Lucas Museum Is Off the Table, How About Extending Lakefront in Evanston? (Curbed)
- Contruction Means No Inbound Station From Irving Park Blue Stop for Much of July (DNA)
- Active Trans‘ Kids on Wheels Program Finishes Its Third Season
- Lincoln Centre Building & Its Elevated Tennis Courts Are Coming Down for TOD (DNA)
- Video: Footage From the Earliest Days of the CTA (DNA)
- 10 Years Ago, No Everybody Was Happy With Having a Pink CTA Line (Chicagoist)
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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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