Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 2
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9:27 AM CDT on August 2, 2016
- More Coverage of Wrongful Death Lawsuit in the Ginny Murray Case (Tribune, DNA, CBS)
- After Confrontation, Motorist Drives Into Motorcyclists in Aurora (Tribune)
- Test of Manor Street Greenway Traffic Diverters Slated for September (DNA)
- Forbes Looks at Chicago Study of Ride-Share Vs. Transit Travel Times & Costs
- New Stoplight Light Planned for Ridge/Rogers/Touhy Intersection in Rogers Park (DNA)
- Metra Access Touted as a Selling Point for the Former U.S. Steel Site (Crain’s)
- MPC‘s Peter Skosey Moving on After 2 Decades With the Organization
- A Nifty Seating Plaza Opens in Portage Park — But Is It Actually a “People Spot”? (DNA)
- What the Beiderbecke? Quad Cities Promoted as a Cycling Destination (QC Online)
- Lots of Events on the Lakefront Trail This Month (Active Trans)
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