Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 6
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9:22 AM CST on February 6, 2018
- Chicago Tonight Talks to Aldermen About the Free-Floating Car-Share Ordinance
- The Architects Newspaper Looks at the Red Line Extension Plan
- 11-Year Sentence for Driver Who Killed Motorcyclist in I-55 DUI Crash (Tribune)
- Images Released of 2 Men Who Allegedly Robbed Man in Wheelchair on Blue Line (Tribune)
- Kamin: Who’s Going to Pay the $30 Million for the New Jackson Park Underpasses? (Tribune)
- Why Are Local Car Dealerships Expanding When the Future of Auto Sales Looks Dim? (Crain’s)
- The Tribune Checks Out an Open House on Proposed Metra Fare Restructuring in Geneva
- “Block Club” Neighborhood News Site Could Mean More Coverage of Transportation Hearings (Feder)
- MPC Roundtable on How Trump Policies Will Impact the Environment Thursday 12-1:30 PM
- RTA Planning Workshop: Connected Communities on 3/7, 8:30 AM-Noon, at DePaul, 1 E. Jackson
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