Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 2

• House Transportation Committee advances bills on IDOT transparency, equitable funding (Herald)
• Schwieterman, Sposato praise the new 6 mph speed cam threshold (WTTW)
• Car driver dies after crash with trucker in Naperville (NBC)
• 5 injured, including 3 children, after driver flips vehicle near LSD/Marquette (Sun-Times)
• Woman arrested for 2 carjackings, 1 of which involved driving off with boy, dragging his mom (ABC)
• ...Police suspect the SUV from the other carjacking was was used to critically injure Alex Betzel (NBC)
• Oak Park is getting new sidewalk extensions as part of a sewer and repaving project (Tribune)
• Time Out Chicago: Uptown Bikes, long woman-owned, is now entirely staffed by women

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