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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 24

    • CDOT's Plan for Pedestrianizing Cornell Includes Adding Lanes to LSD & Stony Island (Tribune)
    • Lack of TOD on the South Side, Need for More BRT Discussed at Lincoln Square Forum (DNA)
    • Driver Turns Herself in After Killing Male Pedestrian, 45, and Fleeing the Scene (Sun-Times)
    • Victim's Attorney: IPRA to Release More Videos of Fatal West Side Police Crash (NBC)
    • Man, 60, Seriously Injured After Collision With Another Cyclist on the Bloomingdale (Chicagoist)
    • Lawsuit: CTA Bus Driver Knocked Down Woman, Ran Over Leg & Foot on NW Side (Sun-Times)
    • Blogger Recommends Defensive Walking as a Response to Dangerous Conditions for Peds (RIC)
    • Where Tickets Are Being Written for Parking in Bike Lanes (WBEZ)
    • Dozens of Protesters Call for Renaming Balbo Drive and Removing Mussolini Pillar (Tribune)
    • Some Recommended Route for Divvy Excursions (RedEye)
    • "Blueprint for Bronzeville" Affordable Housing Activism Doc Screens on 8/28 (Chicagoist)

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