Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 5

• ATA’s Rynell: As Divvy expands, we need a network of protected bike lanes (Crain’s)
• Metra’s 3 Union Pacific lines will have manned ticket verification booths at Ogilvie (Tribune)
• Driver fatally struck male cyclist near North Shore Bike Path in Libertyville (ABC)
• Woman, 66, taking motorcycle training course at suburban Harper College dies in crash (NBC)
• Man charged with shooting another man, 25 in the abdomen 9/24 on 63rd Red platform (Sun-Times)
• West Town bar owners petition neighbors to support speed bumps on Erie and Noble (Block Club)
• Track problems disrupted Brown Line service Saturday morning in Lincoln Square (Sun-Times)
• NW Side affordable housing proposal tests Lightfoot’s resolve on aldermanic privilege (Block Club)
• Bike lending library started in North Lawndale shipping container (Block Club)
• St. Charles bike ride series raises money for local charities (Tribune)

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