Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 26
Metra Has Been Running Shorter Trains, Which Means More Crowded Cars (ABC) You Can Take Metra to O’Hare, But You’ll Also Need to Take a Shuttle Bus (WTTW) Metra Positive Train Control Work Will Cause Delays on South Shore Line (NWI.com) Speeding Driver Causes 9-Car Crash in Gage Park, Flees the Scene on Foot (NBC) … Continued
8:15 AM CDT on April 26, 2018
- Metra Has Been Running Shorter Trains, Which Means More Crowded Cars (ABC)
- You Can Take Metra to O’Hare, But You’ll Also Need to Take a Shuttle Bus (WTTW)
- Metra Positive Train Control Work Will Cause Delays on South Shore Line (NWI.com)
- Speeding Driver Causes 9-Car Crash in Gage Park, Flees the Scene on Foot (NBC)
- Nearly 300 Residents Weighed in on N. Lawndale Community Development Plan (Curbed)
- That Time When the City Almost Built an ‘L’ Line and Expressway Along Cicero Avenue (ABC)
- Tracking Down Chicago’s Elusive Adult Tricycle Rider Community (The Chainlink)
- J.K. Rowling Confirms That There’s a Portal to Hogwarts by the North/Damen Stop (RedEye)
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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