Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, April 3
Active Trans, MPC, ELPC, FOTP, Chambers of Commerce Call for Bus Lanes on LSD (Crain’s) Pickup Driver Fatally Struck Novotise Robinson, 45, in Zion (Sun-Times) DUI Charges in Chicago Heights Crash That Killed Mariah K. Howard, 20 (Sun-Times) Woman Attacks Stranger on CTA Bus on North Michigan Avenue (Tribune) Authorities Tracked Down Suspect in Blue Line … Continued
9:10 AM CDT on April 3, 2018
- Active Trans, MPC, ELPC, FOTP, Chambers of Commerce Call for Bus Lanes on LSD (Crain’s)
- Pickup Driver Fatally Struck Novotise Robinson, 45, in Zion (Sun-Times)
- DUI Charges in Chicago Heights Crash That Killed Mariah K. Howard, 20 (Sun-Times)
- Woman Attacks Stranger on CTA Bus on North Michigan Avenue (Tribune)
- Authorities Tracked Down Suspect in Blue Line Mugging Via Ventra Card Info (Tribune)
- Metra Plans to End Online Ticket Sales This Summer as a Cost-Saving Measure (NBC)
- Tribune: Broken Credit Card System at Metra Stations Costing Naperville Money
- Niles Approves Study for Possible Metra Stop on MDN Line (Tribune)
- Planet Bike Awards Grant to CDOT Bicycling Ambassadors (BRAIN)
- Naperville City Council Considers Pedal Pub Legislation Today (Tribune)
- John Discusses Lima Bikeways, CTA Cleaning Protocol & the Trump Budget (WGN)
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