Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 5
- Greg Hinz: The CTA is in desperate need for an overhaul (Crain’s)
- CTA offering $5 day passes, $15 3-day passes, and bus service to beaches all summer (CBS)
- Terry’a Adams, 25, shot to death, 6 wounded, at memorial for her crash victim boyfriend in Austin (ABC7)
- Woman, 59, killed, 23-year-old man hospitalized, after 3:40 AM crash at York/Irving Park, Bensenville (WGN)
- Female on bike killed by hit-and-run driver at Deerfield/Piccadilly in Highland Park Friday afternoon (NBC)
- Man, 76, crashed into liquor store in Auburn Gresham Saturday night, no serious injuries (ABC7)
- (SBC freelancer) Richard Day and Alec Schwengler: City Council can tackle Chicago’s housing crisis (Tribune)
- Artist Theaster Gates’ AESOP live DJ booth is reopening today at 95th St. Red Line stop (CTA)
- 50 Cyclists “Bike Across Chicago” to benefit after-school programs in underserved communities (WGN)
- Gary’s Take Back the Bikes aims to make biking more accessible with trade-ins, used bikes for sale (Tribune)
- Bike Grid’s “How to Design for Bikes” ride Wednesday 6/7, 5:30 PM at Daley Plaza, RSVP here
- CTA invites small businesses to meeting on Red Line Extension Thursday 6/8, 9 AM at downtown HQ
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