Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 15
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10:58 AM CDT on July 15, 2020
- Lime: Rides starting on S. and W. sides would be 50% off if we’re included in scooter pilot (Block Club)
- More discussion of how the transit shutdown during protests impacted Chicagoans (ATA)
- 3 young women shot in drive-by near 79th Street Red Line station (CBS)
- 3 in custody, suspected of causing crash on LSD to rob victims at gunpoint (CBS)
- Video: Passenger threw punch before now-fired CTA worker body-slammed him (Sun-Times)
- Podcast: Metra leaders discuss the future of commuter rail (Railway Age)
- Neighbors object to plan for 406-unit tower with 6-story parking garage (Block Club)
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