Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 13
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8:50 AM CDT on October 13, 2016
- Cook County Commissioners Want a 50-Cent Tax on Ride-Share Trips (DNA)
- Ex-Tribune Reporter Richard Wronski Asks: Is it Time for New Leadership at Metra?
- People Fatally Struck While Biking Are Often Blamed for Their Own Deaths (Transitized)
- Local Office of NLRB Files Complaint Against Postmates Courier Service (Tribune)
- Foster Avenue Reopened Between Pulaski and Cicero (DNA)
- City Issues RFP for Michael Reese Site, Adjacent Sites (Curbed)
- An Active Trans Recap of Their Kickstand Classic “Race for Everyone”
- Submit Your Name to Win a Free Ticket to Next Week’s Shared Mobility Summit
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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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