Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 12
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9:21 AM CDT on May 12, 2017
- Number of Car Occupants Killed This Year Has Jumped 79 Percent This Year (DNA)
- Trucker Fatally Struck Male Pedestrian on Irving Park Near O’Hare (Tribune)
- Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Man, 28, in West Elsdon (CBS)
- Hertz Appears on Chicago Newsroom Discussing Ideas to Improve South Side Transit
- DNA: Maldonado, Who Wants Fees for Development by 606, Made $300K Selling Land by Trail
- Developer of Delayed Portage Park Mall With 275 Spots: Project Is Moving Forward (DNA)
- 208 Hybrid Articulated Buses Will Be Overhauled Under $54M Plan (DNA)
- 185-Room Hotel Planned Near Obama Presidential Library Site (Crain’s)
- CDOT Is Currently Restriping Elston Bike Lanes From Diversey to Addison (The Chainlink)
- What Are the Worst Streets for Biking in Chicago? (The Chainlink)
- Chicago Reader Reviews the New Jane Jacobs Doc, Premiering Tonight at Siskel Center
- Chicago Loop Alliance’s “Activate” Alley Parties Return 6/15 in Sullivan Alley
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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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