Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 21
Streetsblog Chicago will be on a light publishing schedule this week, including Today’s Headlines and occasional posts.
By
AJ LaTrace
9:13 AM CST on February 21, 2023
- Delivery truck driver hits and kills pedestrian crossing the street in South Loop (Block Club)
- Metra faces delay in plan for battery conversion of F40 locomotives (Trains)
- The ‘L’ became color-coded 30 years ago and some are still getting used to it (Block Club)
- Busy Logan Square, California, and Belmont stations to close this weekend for construction (Block Club)
- Elon Musk’s outlandish Hyperloop could be in danger (Bloomberg)
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urges safety changes after Ohio train derailment (Tribune)
- Property tax incentive could remake Fulton Market and others into havens for affordable housing (Tribune)
Streetsblog Chicago will be on a light publishing schedule this week, including Today’s Headlines and occasional posts.
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