Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 14
New CTA Stop, Covered Metra Tracks Planned for South Loop Rezkoville Site (Curbed) 1 Dead, 2 Critically Injured After Jeep Driver Crashes Into Pole in South Loop (Tribune) Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Rafal Ryndak, 28, on His Bike in Barrington Hills (CBS) Transformer Fire on Saturday Halted Travel To and From the Sheridan Stop (CBS) … Continued
9:11 AM CDT on May 14, 2018
- New CTA Stop, Covered Metra Tracks Planned for South Loop Rezkoville Site (Curbed)
- 1 Dead, 2 Critically Injured After Jeep Driver Crashes Into Pole in South Loop (Tribune)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Rafal Ryndak, 28, on His Bike in Barrington Hills (CBS)
- Transformer Fire on Saturday Halted Travel To and From the Sheridan Stop (CBS)
- Drivers Who Parked Illegally by Metra’s 95th/Wood Stop Got Cars Clipped by Train (CBS)
- Art Imitates The Onion: “Chicago Gun Share Program” Station Set up in Daley Plaza (CNN)
- 2 Soaring Towers Planned for Long-Languishing Chicago Spire Site (Tribune)
- Letter: Ban Bikes From the Chicago Riverwalk (Tribune)
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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