Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, May 29
• City breaks ground on Milwaukee Avenue streetscape from Belmont to Logan, with traffic circle redesign with protected lanes but no PBLS on Milwaukee
• City unveiled plans for lovely pedestrian plaza on Catalpa between Ashland and Clark in A-Ville, unfortunately wedged between parking lots (Block Club)
• Woman, 45, killed, 3 injured after driver ran red around 11:22 PM at Biesterfield and Meachum roads in Elk Grove Village (NBC)
• Mass Transit looks at the plan for nearly continuous, non-camera-enforced bus lanes on Chicago Avenue from Grand to Ashland, and Milwaukee to Michigan
• Op-ed: Supporters of building dense housing in Old Town, including SBC’s Steven Vance, debunk arguments by dense people who oppose it (Sun-Times)
• Axios looks at Chicago’s recent biking boom
• WBBM: Baseball, beer and bikes: Chicago Bike Sox find winning combination on South Side
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