Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 30
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• More coverage of yesterday’s Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety meeting on improving bus service (WBBM)
• WGN: 7 years in the making, Damen Green Line station to open August 5, in time for DNC
• SUV driver, 86, was apparently entering a parking lot when he fatally struck a male pedestrian near 89th/Loomis in Gresham (FOX)
• Speeding hit-and-run sedan driver critically injured male pedestrian in 2800 block of E. 95th in Calumet Heights community, witness performed CPR (ABC)
• CFD ambulance driver flew off the road Monday morning at 119th/Peoria in West Pullman (ABC)
• CTA: Downtown bus reroutes for summer 2024 events
• Metra $332M project replaces 22 bridges, including 11 on UP-N Line (Construction Equipment)
• “CTA and Metra are the best choices for music fans headed to Lollapalooza”
• Verified GoFundMe for dance instructor Jacob Heiss, severely injured on e-scooter by hit-and-run driver Friday around 5:30 PM at Taylor/I-94
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