Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 4

Man, 89, Fatally Strikes Woman, 76, and Injures Her Mother, 96, While Parking (Tribune) MPC: Let’s Stop Fixating on Traffic and Focus on Moving People Efficiently (Crain’s) Local Advocates Went to DC to Lobby for Bike-Friendly Funding & Policy (Active Trans) Tollway Increases Speed Limit on I-90 in Northwest Suburbs to 70 MPH (Tribune) After … Continued

By John Greenfield

9:20 AM CDT on April 4, 2018

Man, 89, Fatally Strikes Woman, 76, and Injures Her Mother, 96, While Parking (Tribune)
MPC: Let’s Stop Fixating on Traffic and Focus on Moving People Efficiently (Crain’s)
Local Advocates Went to DC to Lobby for Bike-Friendly Funding & Policy (Active Trans)
Tollway Increases Speed Limit on I-90 in Northwest Suburbs to 70 MPH (Tribune)
After Report on Secret Lobbying for Amtrak Stop, Lake Forest City Attorney Resigns (Tribune)
2 Men Save Driver From Burning Car After Aurora Crash (Tribune)
Yard Social Has Concerns About How Metra Schedule Changes Will Impact BNSF Ridership
Soil Cleanup Has Happened on Parts of the Paseo Corridor, But the Project Is Stalled (Medill)
How the CTA Is Promoting Transit Safety to CPS Students (Next City)
City Lab Looks at Equiticity’s Efforts to Establish Bike Libraries in LMI Communities
3 Chicago Parks Are in the Running for a $20K Grant, Including Big Marsh (Curbed)
New Divvy Stations Are Coming to Augusta/Wood & Leavitt/Chicago in West Town (Pipeline)

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John Greenfield

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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