Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 18
Emanuel Budget Would Use Ride-Share Tax to Help Fund CTA (Crain’s) CTA Blames Ride-Share, Cheap Gas for Ridership Decline (DNA) CDOT’s Woodall Discusses the Department’s Concerns About Dockless Bike-Share (Forbes) How the Pullman National Monument Can Help Improve Transportation Access (Active Trans) Police Are Trying to Find Man Who Attacked a Senior on the Red … Continued
9:11 AM CDT on October 18, 2017
- Emanuel Budget Would Use Ride-Share Tax to Help Fund CTA (Crain’s)
- CTA Blames Ride-Share, Cheap Gas for Ridership Decline (DNA)
- CDOT’s Woodall Discusses the Department’s Concerns About Dockless Bike-Share (Forbes)
- How the Pullman National Monument Can Help Improve Transportation Access (Active Trans)
- Police Are Trying to Find Man Who Attacked a Senior on the Red Line in August (WLS)
- At VZ Hearing, Austin Residents Say They Want Safer Conditions for Walking (Austin Talks)
- Driver Jumps Curb on Michigan Avenue — Miraculously No Pedestrians Were Injured (CBS)
- Why an Alderman’s Proposal to Tax Bicycles in a Dumb Idea (The Chainlink)
- Lyft App Will Allow Users to Support Purple Purse, Which Helps Domestic Violence Survivors
- BGA: Ex-Metra CEO Alex Clifford’s Severance Package an Example of Costly “Golden Parachute”
- Waguespack: “Defective” Wall Collapsing Along Metra Tracks in Lincoln Park (DNA)
- Company Posts Video of Someone riding Electric Skateboard on LFT — Which Is Illegal (DNA)
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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