Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 18
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9:12 AM CDT on October 18, 2021
- Metra won’t raise fares, restoring full service in 2022 (NBC)
- An update on the CTA’s efforts to transition to an electric bus fleet (FSM)
- A driver fatally struck Mary Johnson, 82, at 11th/California in North Lawndale (ABC)
- Motorcyclist dies after crashing in Little Village while pursuing driver after minor collision (Sun-Times)
- 4-year-old boy, 3 adults serious injured in pin-in crash in Grand Crossing (CBS)
- Fire at Wrightwood/Lincoln near ‘L’ tracks in Lincoln Park didn’t seem to impact service (ABC)
- Park Ridge officials object to IDOT stripping parking for bike lanes on a road lined with parking lots (Tribune)
- Here To Stay Community Land Trust aims to slow housing displacement in Logan, Hermosa (Block Club)
- Rail yard bird: A live rooster was spotted on the Blue Line tracks (CTA Fails)
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