Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 30
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9:03 AM CDT on September 30, 2016
- Cyclist Loses Foot After Being Hit by Turning Truck Driver at Roosevelt/Wood (ABC)
- After Driver Strikes N. Chicago Boy, Trashing His Bike, Police Buy Him a New One (Tribune)
- Hoboken Crash Puts Pressure on Metra to Implement Positive Train Control (CBS)
- Signal Problems Make Logan Traffic Circle More Dangerous Than Ever (Chicagoist)
- DNA: Taxi Use Down 23 Percent This Year in Chicago Due to Ride-Share
- Chicago Taxi Data: Busiest & Slowest Days, Average Tips, Etc. (DNA)
- CDOT Starts Construction on the Wells-Wentworth Connector (DNA)
- Aerial shows How Highway Form the Borders Between Bridgeport and Chinatown (DNA)
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