- CRRC Sifang America Spent $87M on CTA Rail Car Plant on SE Side (Real Deal)
- Rauner Apologizes for Champaign-Urbana Gaffe, Voices Support for High-Speed Rail (VCF)
- Driver Dies After Striking CTA Bus, Injuring Operator and 5 Passengers (Tribune)
- Man Killed in Glenwood Motorcycle Crash (Sun-Times)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Injured Other Motorist in Fiery Crash at 47th and Cicero (WLS)
- Driver Struck Cyclist, 32, in Englewood, Then Someone in Car Shot Him (Sun-Times)
- Police: Driver Struck Man, 36, on Albany Park Sidewalk in Apparent DUI (Sun-Times)
- WGN Radio Discusses Chicago's Bike-Share Boom
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