Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 26
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8:56 AM CST on November 26, 2018
- Every Metra Line Delayed as Storm Dumps up to 13 Inches of Snow (Tribune)
- Driver Jumps Curb in Hinsdale, Fatally Striking Woman, 71 (Tribune)
- Fatal Tractor Crash Delayed Holiday Travel on Amtrak’s Carl Sandberg Line (Tribune)
- After Chuyuan Qiu’s 2016 Death, Bike Lanes Installed on Sheridan (Daily Northwestern)
- Can Metra and Lake County Reverse the Plight of the Reverse Commuter? (Tribune)
- Study: Drivers Traveled 1.9M Extra Miles Due to Closed City Emission Test Sites (WTTW)
- Artists Want to Clean up, Activate “Neglected” Woodard Plaza (Block Club)
- New Parking App “SpotAngels” Coming to Chicago (Tribune)
- There Are Still Dozens of Payphones Within the CTA System (CBS)
- How Does the CTA Decide How to Pronounce Street Names in Announcements? (WBEZ)
- CTA Holiday Train Begins Running in Chicago Today (WGN)
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