Today’s Headlines for Friday May 14
- Preckwinkle plans to move forward with reduced-fare South Side Metra plan this fall (Sun-Times)
- What will the CTA look like after Chicago reopens? Experts weigh in (Tribune)
- Power outages, Metra delays after Loop ComEd vault fire (Sun-Times)
- Months after it opened, N. Shore Channel Trail bridge is officially ready to ride (Block Club)
- No youth sports this summer means more time for bike riding (Sun-Times)
- Geoffrey Baer discusses the history of Chicago Common Brick (WTTW)
- Interview with the yarn-bomber: Meet a knitter who decorates bike racks (CABS)
- Kanye West’s family moved to the ‘burbs because a kid slashed Kanye’s bike tire (Tribune)
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