Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 23
- Ex-CDOT chief and bike/walk advocate John LaPlante, 80, died from COVID-19 (Sun-Times, CBS)
- Transit workers union wants the CTA to shut down during pandemic (NBC)
- CTA bus driver working out of Forest Glen garage tests positive for coronavirus (NBC)
- Crain’s looks for the need for a transit bailout and worries that ridership may never recover
- 4 people hurt, including 2 officers, in police van / SUV rollover crash in Calumet Heights (NBC)
- Freight train derails in Elgin, Metra trains delayed (ABC)
- The backstory behind the successful push to keep bike shops open during the pandemic (ATA)
- Rocker Jon Bon Jovi gives an Instagram shout-out to Chicago window singalong (Block Club)
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