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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 12

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  • CDOT announces plans to pilot Copenhagen-stye bike lanes between road and sidewalk level (Sun-Times)
  • Metra Chicago ridership rises as more get vaccinated, work downtown (ABC)
  • Hit-and-run driver critically injured woman, 21, walking across Addison at Janssen (WGN)
  • Charges expected for teen in stolen car who fatally struck Annette Odneal, 62, in Posen (Tribune)
  • ATA, MPC weigh in on how to prevent bike-car crashes, like the one that killed Helmut Jahn (Herald)
  • Bloomerg: Pedestrianizing Chicago’s Fulton Market during COVID-19 has boosted business
  • Letter: What if we renamed Lake Shore Drive “DuSable Lake Shore Drive”? (Sun-Times)

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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.

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