Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 23
- Stuck in traffic? Join the club. Traffic is terrible everywhere thanks to construction, other factors, experts say (Block Club)
- Letter: Tired of construction delays on the Kennedy Expressway? Take UP-NW Metra instead. (Tribune)
- Early May hit-and-run crash that killed bike rider Rick Lomas, 31, still unsolved, police say (Tribune)
- 2 officers hurt, 3 others injured in hit-and-run crash on Chicago's West Side (FOX)
- Scooter rider seriously injures pedestrian in Bucktown hit-and-run: police (WGN)
- First phase of Double Track nearing completion, as efforts to expand capacity on Metra move forward (LSPM)
- Rogers Park’s Howard Street getting "corridor ambassadors" to boost struggling shopping district (Block Club)
- Oboi Reed: On Chicago’s South Side, one bike ride became a passion for cycling and racial equity (Grist)
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