Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 16

• Aldermen to consider plan to end suspension of driver's licenses for unpaid tickets (Block Club)
• John discusses how reduced-fare or free transit could pay for itself on Outside the Loop Radio
• Hit-and-run driver struck and killed woman, 53, in downtown Deerfield (Tribune)
• Driver fatally struck male pedestrian, 63, in Elmwood Park (Sun-Times)
• Blue Line service was partially halted for hours after reported suicide on tracks (CBS)
• Man, 44, critically injured after crashing his SUV into building at Division/Halsted (ABC)
• 5 injured in car crash on Lake Shore Drive near Maggie Daley Park (ABC)
• Collision between Metra train and semi near 75th/Western causes partial derailment (WGN)
• Award-winning poet takes inspiration from the rhythms of the CTA (Tribune)
• State rep Andrade does interview at Irving Blue stop to discuss pigeon guano problem, gets pooped on (CBS)
• Attention rail rans: Support Midwest High Speed Rail Association by buying cool schwag from their gift shop

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Thanks for your support, and enjoy the rest of your summer.

– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago