Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 15

9:17 AM CST on January 15, 2019

Government Shutdown Is Affecting Airports, Slowing CTA Project Funding (Tribune)
CTA Bus and Train Operators Tell All (Chicago Magazine)
Lyft Will Show CTA and Metra Schedules in Its App (Tribune)
Semi Bursts Into Flames After Driver Strikes Empty Bus on I-294 (Tribune)
Man Rescued Before Metra Train Strikes Car in Lombard (Sun-Times)
Another Teen Charged in December Attack at Chicago Ave. 'L' Station (CBS)
Metra Heritage Corridor Service Resumed This Morning (ABC)
Cyclists Identify Potential Hazard on New 41st Street Bike-Ped Bridge (CBS)
Survey: Tell CDOT What You Think of the Bus/Bike Lane on Halsted

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