Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 31
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9:10 AM CST on January 31, 2019
- South Shore and MED Still Down, Most Other Metra Lines Delayed (Tribune)
- ChiGov.com Looks at the Lincoln Yards Traffic Study
- Active Trans: Lincoln Yards Lacks Vision for Biking, Walking & Transit
- Police Search for Driver of Black SUV Wanted in Hit-and-Run (Sun-Times)
- Youth Call for Speeding up Diversey Bus, Ald. Villegas Says He’s on It (Active Trans)
- West Side Advocates Share Stories of Bus Service Woes With CTA Board (Active Trans)
- Active Trans Members Weigh in on Electric Scooter Sharing
- Pilsen’s Old Fisk Power Plant Could Become a Giant Data Center (Block Club)
- A Chicago Bike Racer Became a Bank Robber (Bicycling Magazine)
- Vote on Whether “Dibs” Is a Tradition, or Just Selfishness, With a New Beer (Eater)
- Meet Matt Green, Who Walked Across the U.S., at This Weekend’s Doc Screening (Siskel Center)
- Talk on the Pros and Cons of E-Scooters 2/19 at Evanston Ecology Center (Chainlink)
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