Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 25
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10:13 AM CDT on August 25, 2017
- DUI Charge Filed on Fatal Crash on I-55 Near Channohon (Sun-Times)
- Amtrak Signal Problems Delay Metra Trains at Union Station (Sun-Times)
- Metra Viaduct at 51st Street Closing Until Halloween (DNA)
- New Parking Restrictions in Boystown Designed to Curb Crime (Chicago Pride)
- 228 Apartments Could Replace Parking Lot at Canal & Kinzie (Curbed)
- Loud Motorcycles in Alderman’s Crosshairs as LSD Noise Monitoring Starts (DNA)
- Naperville NIMBYs Oppose Reopening Cow Tunnel to Pedestrian Traffic (Tribune)
- Prairie Grass Softens the Lawrence Avenue Streetscape (DNA)
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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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