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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 29

    • John talks with ATA's Jim Merrell about the group's campaigns to fight car-dependency (Reader)
    • CPD says Dominga Flores, 25, killed in crash with Chicago carjacking suspects on crime spree throughout SW Side (ABC)
    • Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community: Wine bottle attack on Red Line part of pattern of anti-Asian violence (Block Club)
    • GOP operative Dan Proft runs ad using bottle assault footage without victim's permission, making false claim about Safe-T Act (Capitolfax)
    • 50 years after fatal train crash, survivors don't want Chicago to forget (Tribune)
    • Webster Ave. bridge construction will wrap up by end of November (Block Club)
    • Expanded outdoor dining may become an all-seasons fixture in Chicago (Eater)
    • Crain's reporter David Manilow takes a bike ride through the Chicago Fire TV set
    • CDOT Chicago Mobility Collaborative online meeting today 6-7:30 PM
    • Ghost bike installation for fallen cyclist Sam Bell, 44 6 PM today at Huron/Milwaukee may be livestreamed for CMC meeting attendees
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