Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 8
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9:07 AM CDT on October 8, 2021
- ATA’s Kyle Whitehead discusses Chicago’s bikeway expansion plans on WBEZ
- Tribune readers weigh in on ATA director Amy Rynell’s op-ed calling for more protected lanes
- Driver fatally struck woman, 64, crossing Devon in Little India this morning (Sun-Times)
- Benjamin Kennerly, 89, fatally struck on Bishop Ford Expressway near 120th (NBC)
- Officials investigating cause of Bryn Mawr Red Line station crane collapse (ABC)
- After N. Fulton Market development ban lifted, 204 units proposed next to Morgan stop (Crain’s)
- If the Bears moved their stadium to Arlington Heights, how would fans get there? (Herald)
- Mount Prospect train station, dozens more could be sold (Herald)
- Diner at Tinley Park’s 80th Ave. station is expansion from hotel at convention center (Tribune)
- Here’s how to get around the city during Sunday’s Chicago Marathon (NBC)
- Metra runs extra train for Sox playoff game on Sunday (CBS)
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