Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 7
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8:56 AM CDT on September 7, 2017
- Widening of I-90 Between O’Hare & Elgin Makes Room for Pace Bus Lanes (DNA)
- Why Wasn’t an Alert Issued After an Assailant Pushed a Man Onto CTA Tracks? (Tribune)
- Neighbors Corner Hit-and-Run Driver in Bucktown, But Police Don’t Arrest Him (DNA)
- New Metra Schedule for Electric, Rock Island Lines Begins Monday (DNA)
- New White Paper Does a Full Analysis of the Midwest’s High-Speed Rail Potential (MWHSRA)
- Chicago’s 54 High-Rises Under Construction, Mapped (Curbed)
- New IL Bill Leaves Door Open for Municipalities Restrict E-Bike Use on Bikeways (Bike Law)
- Curbed Floats the Idea of Making the Mag Mile One-Way to Make More Room for Public Space
- Allstate Brings Its Distracted Driving Simulator to Harold Washington College This Thursday
- Next ACTIVATE Alley Party Is on 9/28 at Arcade Place, 55 S. Wells (Loop Alliance)
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