Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 28
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8:42 AM CDT on September 28, 2016
- CBS‘ Dave Savini Looks at the Issue of Trashed and Blocked Bike Lanes
- Friends and Colleagues Remember Cyclist Anastasia Kondrasheva (DNA, Herald)
- CTA Rejects Bombardier Appeal, Awards $1.3B Rail Car Contract to CSR Sifang (Crain’s)
- Residents Voice Support for North Side Transit TIF at 48th Ward Meeting (DNA)
- Why Are Portions of the Brown Line at Grade Level? (DNA)
- CTA Pulls Red Line Car From Service After Bed Bugs Found Onboard (Tribune)
- Red Eye‘s “Transit Diaries” Column Marks 1-Year Anniversary
- Which Neighborhoods Have the Most Block Parties? (DNA)
- The ‘L’, The Handlebar, and Oscar Wastyn Cycles Featured in New TV Series (Reader)
- Lots of Events on the Lakefront Trail in October (Active Trans)
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