Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 2

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By John Greenfield

10:50 AM CDT on October 2, 2019

Lightfoot says new 45th Ward alderman may not be able to block proposed 6-Corners development (Block Club)
Bridgeview officer fatally shot van driver who allegedly rear-ended his car, emerged from van holding gun (NBC)
Lawyer for Woodfield Mall attacker calls incident “an accident” despite 124 searches for mall on phone (Tribune)
Woman charged with DUI for 2018 crash into Beach Park house (Sun-Times)
Chicago Inno staff discuss the future of dockless e-scooters in our city on WGN Radio
John discusses Chicago’s old- & new-school bike delivery scenes with courier colleague Rene Cudal (DND Dice)
Here’s how to bring your bike on Amtrak to go leaf-peeping in Wisconsin (Tribune)

Thanks for your support, and enjoy your autumn.

– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago

John Greenfield

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.

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