Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 11
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8:45 AM CDT on September 11, 2018
- Active Trans Trail Plans Identifies 4 Areas Where Connections Can Be Improved
- Another Bike Crash on Lower LSD Highlights Need for Flyover Detour (Active Trans)
- Semi-Truck Driver Crashes Into Lansing Apartment Building (ABC)
- Man Charged With DUI After Head-on Crash With Tree in Riverside (Sun-Times)
- 61 Metra Bridges Are in “Poor” Condition, in Need of Repair (CBS)
- Morton Grove Has a Pedal-Powered Bookmobile (Tribune)
- “Tour de Taps” Beer Cycles Rolled Out at Soldier Field (Eater)
- New Geneva, IL, Bike Racks Are Shaped Like Swedish Dala Horses (KCC)
- 300 Catholics Biked From Merrillville to Summit as Part of Religious Pilgrimage (Tribune)
- 9/27 Leadership Training Session for SW Side Transportation Advocacy (Active Trans)
- Open House on October 13 and 14 Includes CTA’s Skokie Repair Shop (Block Club)
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