Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 12
How to react to a person in distress on a CTA train (Crain’s) Are bike shares cost effective? A lengthy analysis from Cycling Weekly explores the topic. NASCAR street races causing road closures: A summer headache for Chicagoans (Sun-Times) NASCAR will use mufflers to lower noise for cars in its Chicago street race (Sun-Times) Riot … Continued
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AJ LaTrace
9:59 AM CDT on May 12, 2023
- How to react to a person in distress on a CTA train (Crain’s)
- Are bike shares cost effective? A lengthy analysis from Cycling Weekly explores the topic.
- NASCAR street races causing road closures: A summer headache for Chicagoans (Sun-Times)
- NASCAR will use mufflers to lower noise for cars in its Chicago street race (Sun-Times)
- Riot Fest neighbors and organizers are still divided (Block Club)
- Lightfoot signs environmental justice executive order as a final act as mayor (Block Club)
- CTA’s Red & Purple Modernization partially blamed for Houndstooth closing (CBS Chicago)
- Lightfoot going on bus tour for final send-off (CBS Chicago)
- A 74-year-old Congress member wants everyone to ride bicycles (Business Insider)
- FYI: Peloton recalling two million exercise bikes (Tribune)
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