Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 26

• Driver struck and killed Czeslaw Kosman, 78, on his bike Friday in Norwood Park (Sun-Times)
• Driver charged in South Loop hit-and-run crash that left woman critically hurt (ABC)
• 25 years later, Fox River Grove Metra-school bus crash still haunts engineer, other survivors (Sun-Times)
• Zotti: To save Chicago post-pandemic, leverage rail to increase opportunities for all (Sun-Times)
• Daily Herald looks at the challenges facing Pace as it finalizes its 2021 budget
• Letter: Metra, enforce your mask rules! (Here’s South Shore Line’s controversial approach) (Sun-Times)
• Loomis bridge reopens with concrete-filled bike lanes (City of Chicago)
• Aurora will apply for state grant to finish connecting bike trail through far East Side (Tribune)
• MPC hosts “Life on Wheels” future of mobility documentary screening & conversation on 11/12

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