Today’s Headlines for Tuesday December 5
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8:58 AM CST on December 5, 2017
- Wall Street Journal Praises Chicago’s Investments in Public Transit
- Video: RTA Chair Kirk Dillard Speaks at the City Club of Chicago (WGN)
- Active Trans: Ride-Hailing Companies Should Be Required to Share Anonymized Trip Data
- Pawar Calls for Council Hearings on Shuttle Bus Company That Released Anti-Chinese Ad (Sun-Times)
- 90-Year-Old Man With Dementia Injured by Metra Train in Bronzeville (Tribune)
- Cop Who Caused Brain Injury to Pedestrian Given Community Service, as Victim Requested (Tribune)
- Video for 4-Tower “Urban Campus” Planned for 700 W. Chicago Plays up Transit Connections (Curbed)
- Teen Commutes 6 Hours a Day by Car, Metra, and Bus From WI to Chicago to Study Dance (MRT)
- Randy Neufeld, Gabe Klein Discuss Why Cycling Will Continue to Soar in Popularity (Alternet)
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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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