Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 23
Streetsblog Chicago will be on a light publishing schedule this week, including Today’s Headlines and occasional posts.
By
AJ LaTrace
9:15 AM CST on February 23, 2023
- RTA chief says regional mass transit system needs more public investment (Sun-Times)
- Troubles continue for O’Hare’s automated airport train system (WGN)
- O’Hare to restore terminal transfer bus service next week (City of Chicago)
- Editorial: Revitalizing LaSalle Street is a key to downtown’s future (Sun-Times)
- How Rogers Park aldermanic candidates plan to tackle homelessness (Block Club)
- Another reminder that three busy Blue Line stations will close on upcoming weekends (Tribune)
- Parts of Homewood Metra station to shut down for renovations (CBS Chicago)
- Wheel & Sprocket’s Gretchen Brauer charts her own bike path (Evanston Round Table)
- Bicycle advocates see an opportunity in Highland Park proposal (Lake County News-Sun)
- An all-affordable building to brings 34 condos to Near North Side (Block Club)
- Register for the March Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting, 3/16, 6 PM in McKinley Park fieldhouse, here
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