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• CTA announces $19.6M project to reconstruct bus bridge at Harlem Blue Line transit facility
• CCOGA: CTA may need to make cuts, raise fares after COVID funds end, but likely won't likely see a systemic collapse like Caracas transit did in the 2010s
• 2 girls, 18, died after driver went into oncoming traffic, struck another vehicle, and their car burst into flames Tuesday around 7 PM in Franklin Park (FOX)
• Police release images of 2 men who allegedly committed robbery by force Tuesday around 4 PM on Red Line near Harrison (WGN)
• Block Club: 911 calls on South, West sides ignored while "Rapid Response" cops make traffic stops instead
• Catholics could get ashes for Ash Wednesday yesterday at train stations and airports (Chicago Crusader)
• ATA: Surveys help refine DuPage County Trails Plan
• Tribune: Chicago Winter Bike Swap this Sunday at Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles is a "one-stop shop" for bicycle lovers
• And city dwellers shouldn't sleep on the Second City Cycle Swap this Sunday, 11 AM to 3 PM at the Ramova Theater in Bridgeport
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