Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, November 21
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9:07 AM CST on November 21, 2017
- Waguespack & Reilly’s Bid to Require Aldermanic Oversight of CTA Funding Fails (Sun-Times)
- The Tribune Ponders Uber’s São Paulo-esque Flying Taxi Scheme
- Metra Kicks off Fox River Bridge Replacement Project in Elgin (Sun-Times)
- Driver Injures Pedestrian in Elgin Crosswalk (Tribune)
- LaSalle Street Bridge Is Closed to All Traffic Today for Testing (Sun-Times)
- North by Northwestern Takes an In-Depth Look at Electric Bikes
- CNT’s Jacky Grimshaw Discusses Her Time as a Harold Washington Staffer (Chicago Newsroom)
- Active Trans: Clean Environment Is Essential for Chicago River Trail
- U. of C. Dean’s Bike Tour of South Side Leaves Out Stephen Douglas’ Slaveholding Past (Maroon)
- CTA Holiday Train Runs Friday Through December 22 (Sun-Times)
- SUMC Open House on Electric Shared Vehicles 12/6, 5:30 PM at 125 S. Clark, 17th Floor
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