Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 12
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1:01 PM CDT on July 12, 2019
- An Interview With Outgoing Active Trans Director Run Burke, Who’s Taking a Job at Lyft.
- Video Shows Crash That Killed Gerimiah Staple Jr., 19, as He Fled a Police Stop for Phone Use (ABC)
- TOD With 246 Apartments, 13 Affordable Units, 107 Car Spots Proposed Near Addison Red Stop (Curbed)
- Outside Magazine Calls the Riverwalk a “New Trail” That Makes Chicago a Top City for Outdoor Fun
- Artist Wants to Make the Hubbard St. Mural “A Pedestrian Experience,” in a Good Way (Sun-Times)
- Another Day, Another List of Grievances Against the Chicago Scooter Pilot (Chicago Now)
- Kids, Don’t Try This at Home: Man “Skitches” Onto Back of Semi Barreling Down the Ryan (Block Club)
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