Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 12
- Recent tragedies call attention to the clash between cycling and car culture (Daily Herald)
- Parking meter deal keeps on giving — for private investors, not Chicago taxpayers (WBEZ)
- Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller (6th): RLE will lift up the entire region (Crain’s)
- Trans bus operator sues CTA and Union, saying agency fired him after his gender-affirming surgery (Block Club)
- CTA’s 8-car Red Line Pride Train celebrates “Chicago’s diversity and inclusiveness”
- Man facing felony DUI, reckless driving charges in Hoffman Estates crash left 2 teens killed (NBC)
- Man, 33, killed in Bronzeville crash while attempting to take shooting victim to hospital (FOX)
- 2 van occupants hospitalized after driver crashes into Des Plaines house (ABC)
- Teen boy among 3 shot during fight at 95th St. station Sunday afternoon (ABC)
- CPD releases images of 2 robbery suspects in 6/4 1:49 AM Library-State Stop robbery (FOX)
- Metra Unveils $26.7-Million train tracking system for several Chicago-area lines (NBC)
- A tribute to Chicago’s “Walking Man,” Joseph Kromelis (Tribune)
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Editor’s note: After being seriously injured on his bicycle in southern Illinois on April 21, Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield is in the process of recovering. He recently returned to running SBC on a low-key basis, including publishing Today’s Headlines and occasionally putting out original articles. We appreciate all who have been supportive during this time. Thanks for reading!
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