Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 12
• Pedestrian and Traffic Safety committee extends pilot program for automated ticketing after delay in selecting camera vendor (Daily Line)
• City is clearing out tent city next to Dan Ryan near Roosevelt in preparation for DNC, offering shelter to residents (Block Club)
• Tribune looks at Metra’s plan to run hourly shuttle trains between O’Hare and downtown for much of August, as the city prepares for DNC (Tribune)
• Wrong-way driver killed beloved fitness coach Quinn Fraboni, 27, Wednesday around 4:30 AM on I-90 near Cumberland in Arlington Heights (CBS)
• Two injured after wrong-way driver collided with vehicle and then hit a building today around 3:15 AM in 9000 block of Cottage Grove in Chatham (Sun-Times)
• Tribune: Forget upgrading the family car. These Chicago parents bought cargo bikes instead.
• Early bird pricing for Active Transportation Alliance’s fundraiser Bike the Drive ends Saturday, 6/13 at 11:59 PM. The ride on car-free DLSD is Sunday 9/1
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