Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 20
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9:15 AM CDT on March 20, 2023
- Sun-Times editorial: What the next mayor can — and should — do for public transportation
- Right-wing Illinois Policy: “Chicago speed cams failed to stop COVID-era crash epidemic, so they don’t work”
- Allegedly drunk, speeding driver killed 1, injured 4 in head-on crash in Bedford Park (NBC)
- CPD looking for driver who struck and injured pedestrian on 3/9, 10:45 PM near Belmont/Greenview (CBS)
- 5 injured, 1 critically after a driver crashed into sign in Arlington Heights (WGN)
- Child among 3 injured in rollover crash on I-290 near Damen (FOX)
- Man charged with striking officer, breaking his leg, during traffic stop at Roosevelt/DLSD (Block Club)
- Charges filed in 8/7 sexual assault case on Blue Line near Jefferson Park station (Nadig)
- Metra adding extra trains to UP Northwest Line due to Kennedy Expressway construction (NBC)
- CTA, city eye community-centric development around future Red Line extension stations (WTTW)
- In praise of NW Indiana’s sprawling network of bike trails (NWI Times)
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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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