Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 9
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9:00 AM CDT on October 8, 2018
- CTA, Metra Trains Were Packed as Van Dyke Verdict Emptied Loop (Tribune)
- Pedestrian Fatally Struck on the Bishop Ford Expressway (Tribune)
- Wrong-Way Driver Pushes CTA Bus Into Sears Tower, Injuring 5 (Patch)
- As in Chicago, African American Cyclists in NOLA Are Disproportionately Ticketed (NOLA.com)
- Navy Pier Flyover Could Be Partially Done by End of 2018 (Tribune)
- Lyft Gave 100 Chicagoans $550 to Not Drive for a Month (Bicycling)
- Active Trans Suburban Advocacy Summit October 27 in Elmhurst
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