Today’s Headlines for Friday, April 1
- 5,000 bikes, helmets, and locks being given away by city (Sun-Times)
- Mayor Lightfoot proposes gift cards to help residents pay for gas and transit cards (NPR)
- Here's who is eligible for the city's gas and public transit cards (NBC 5)
- Podcast Arrested Mobility podcast highlights the criminalization of riding bikes on sidewalks
- Deal to sell Thompson Center finalized but won't be completed until summer (Sun-Times)
- Bikes on Trains program resumes on the South Shore Line (NWI Times)
- The city is providing grants for public outdoor plazas in West Garfield Park and Chatham (City of Chicago)
- Former radio host Roe Conn now tracks the city’s auto theft epidemic as part of a police task force (Chicago mag)
- CTA Red, Brown and Purple line trains running with delays on North Side due to death investigation at Belmont Avenue station (CBS Chicago)
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