Today’s Headlines for Monday, September 18
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• Active Trans celebrates the Red Line Extension being lined up for a $1.973B federal grant
• Austin’s Soul City Corridor revamp, including bike lanes, brings needed boost, but construction frustrates business owners (Block Club)
• Loop reopened Sunday after large parts of area pedestrianized Saturday night “for public safety reasons” during Mexican Independence Day (Sun-Times)
• Image released of hit-and-run 2011 Cadillac SUV whose driver fatally struck pedestrian at about 2 AM in 1300 block of West Kinzie in W. Loop (ABC)
• Man dies, 25, dies after crashing motorcycle into guardrail Sunday night on DLSD near Addison, landing on road, and being struck by a car driver (ABC)
• Pedestrian on sidewalk injured after carjacking suspect crashes Sunday at 11:15 PM at 2318 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park, charges pending (ABC)
• Active Trans looks at South Side trail updates and improvements
• Plan to hike real estate transfer tax to fund homelessness prevention moves forward (Block Club)
• Council approves tower at 375 N. Morgan, near ‘L’ stop, with 460 units, 92 affordable, 138 car spots, angled parking Kinzie converted to parallel (Urbanize
• Another summer goes by without chicago’s only inland beach in Humboldt Park (Block Club)
• New (guerrilla?) penguin murals created new Lakefront Trail (Michele Stenzel)
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