Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 29
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9:00 AM CDT on July 29, 2016
- TransitCenter Releases Stats About Chicago Public Transportation Use (Active Trans)
- In Chicagoland Mode Choice Really Depends on Where You Live (MPC)
- MPC‘s MarySure Barnett Talks About Infrastructure on WGN
- Metra May Build New Train Line From LaSalle Street Station to Balmoral Park (Tribune)
- Chicago Man Get 3 Years for DUI Crash That Killed Girlfriend (Fox)
- Two Men Have Been Robbing Passengers at Gunpoint on the CTA Trains (Sun-Times)
- West Loop Development Boom Has Been Focused Around the Morgan Stop (Curbed)
- Wrigleyville Anti-TOD Will Break Ground Next Week (Curbed)
- Trolleys Might Work for Shuttling People Between Metra, MSI, Obama Museum (Tribune)
- No Booze on Metra & Other Lollapalooza-Induced Transportation Annoyances (DNA)
- Ride-Share Driver Who Returned Lost Wallet With $3K Is an Uber Mensch (Chicago)
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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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