Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 6
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8:59 AM CST on December 6, 2017
- More Than 175 Industry Reps Have Signed up for O’Hare Express Pre-Bid Conference (Sun-Times)
- RTA’s Kirk Dillard: Without More State Funding, Train Delays Will Be an Increasing Problem (CBS)
- Amtrak Wants to Add a Lake Bluff Stop to Milwaukee Service, Some Locals Are Opposed (DNS)
- Metra Officials Discuss Strategies to Avoid Winter Train Delays (ABC)
- Uptown Temple Is Being Converted to”The Synagogue” TOD With 32 Units, 21 Spots (Curbed)
- Columbia Chronicle Talks With Local Leaders About the CTA Fare Hike
- Chadwick Institute Looks at Divvy in Outlying Neighborhoods, Suburbs on 12/14, 12-1 PM
- Working Bikes Holds a Kids’ Holiday Bike Sale With $5-10 Cycles on Saturday 12/16, 12-5 PM
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