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
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)
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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