Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 19
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8:57 AM CST on December 19, 2016
- State Troopers Issued 40% Fewer Ticket Last Year Than in 2010, Traffic Deaths Are Rising (SJR)
- 2 Killed, Including Schoolteacher and Coach, After Driver Runs Stop Sign in Marengo (Tribune)
- Uber Uses GPS to Monitor Whether Drivers Are Speeding, Drivers Whine about It (Tribune)
- Next City Looks at the Backlash Against DePaul Study Endorsing “Idaho Stops“
- Number of Taxi Drivers Hits a 10-Year Low, Drop Blamed on Ride-Share (Tribune)
- Plan Commission Approves TODs in Chinatown, Old Town & Bucktown (Curbed)
- MarySue Barrett Shares 7 Lessons Learned From 2 Decades of Leading MPC
- Moreno Proposes Ordinance Allowing Food Trucks to Stay at Same spot for 6 Hours (DNA)
- Letter Claiming Streets Weren’t Designed for Biking Is, Appropriately, Illustrated With Dinosaurs (Tribune)
- Tour Guide Plans to Spend the Week in the Pedway (Sleeping Above Ground at the Fairmont) (DNA)
- Plea Deal Conference Scheduled for 1/26 Cann Case Hearing, Large Turnout Requested (Ride on Bobby)
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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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