Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 4
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8:55 AM CST on March 4, 2019
- “Look up From Your Phone”: A Victim-Blaming Trib Op-ed on Rising Ped Fatalities
- CBS: Dark and Faded Traffic Signals Pose a Danger to Road Users
- New Metra Reverse Commute Service to Lake County Starts Today (WLS)
- Police Chase Ends With Death of 2-Year-Old Girl in Roseland (Sun-Times)
- Man Killed in Head-on Crash After Crossing Median in Libertyville (Sun-Times)
- Off-Duty Officer Critically Injured in Single-Car Crash on Eisenhower Expressway (ABC)
- At Scooter Demo, Lime Officials Say They’re Pushing for May Launch (Sun-Times)
- A Look at the Trials and Tribulations of Bike Messengering in Chicago (Windy Nickel)
- Registration for Bike the Drive on May 26 Opens at Noon Today (Active Trans)
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