Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 27
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9:00 AM CDT on March 27, 2017
- Trucker Killed Augustin Arroyo, 56, Saturday Morning in Chinatown (Sun-Times)
- Teen Was Fatally Struck on the Day She Was to Receive Award for Anti-DUI Work (Active Trans)
- 2 Killed, 3 Injured After Driver Strikes Building in East Garfield Park (NBC)
- Crash Survivor Dee Palago Wants to Advocate for Safer Streets (Active Trans)
- Readers Respond to the Chicago Tribune’s “Biking While Black” Investigation
- Chicago Leads the Nation in Residential Tower Construction (Curbed)
- How Can the City Be Having a Building Boom When We’re Losing Population? (DNA)
- Latest Plan to Redevelop South Works Site Is Making Progress (Curbed)
- IDOT Is Releasing $4.2M to Fix Crumbling Uptown Viaducts (DNA)
- What Size Would Chicago Be if It Was the Same Density as Other Cities (Chicagoist)
- Photographer Documents the Bike Community With “Cyclists of Chicago” (Chainlink)
- CDOT’s Scheinfeld Speaks at City Club of Chicago Today — Stream It Here at 12:30 PM
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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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