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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 12

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• RTA chairperson: Want to improve air quality? Hop on a bus or train (Sun-Times)

• Driver charged with reckless homicide, DUI in deadly wrong-way crash involving CTA bus (CBS Chicago)

• 3 dead, 14 hurt after crash involving Greyhound bus on westbound I-70 in Highland, Illinois (CBS Chicago)

• Axios's Monica Eng test rides each scooter rental in Chicago

• New public bike work stand installed near Cal-Sag Trail in Palos Park (Daily Southtown)

• Park Ridge considers signs, warning lights for risky intersection (Herald-Advocate)

• Logan Boulevard side yard to historic mansion will be protected under an easement (Block Club)

• Terrifying study warns that our cities could be sinking (BGR)

• TSA caught 49 guns at O'Hare and Midway security checkpoints during first half of 2023 (CBS Chicago)

• "Monument with Standing Beast" sculpture to be moved from Thompson Center to Art Institute (CoStar)

• Last fall John took a train + bike trip to the Shrine of Christ's Passion sculpture walkway in St. John, IN (Newcity)

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Editor's note: After being seriously injured on his bicycle in southern Illinois this spring, 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 putting out daily articles. We appreciate all who have been supportive during this time. Thanks for reading!

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