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• IDOT, CDOT meeting and open house on their plan to keep DLSD car-centric Thursday 8/8, 3-7 PM at Truman, 1145 W. Wilson, next to Wilson Red stop
• Advocates will hold Save Our Lakefront Rally with politicians Thursday 8/8, 5 PM outside IDOT/CDOT Redefine the Drive meeting at Truman
• More coverage of new Damen station near United Center, the third phase of CTA's Green Line infill "three-peat" (Tribune, Sun-Times Block Club, Crain's)
• Right-wing Washington Examiner: "Taxpayers pay $30 million more than projected for new Chicago transit stop"
• CDOT, Vasquez and Rodriguez propose making Argyle at river, a N. Branch Trail connection, one-way westbound. No word on contraflow bike lane yet.
• Alternative Anglers Association created sculpture out of 22 Divvys fished out of Lake Michigan to call attention to bikes thrown in the water (Block Club)
• Metra is adding service for Air and Water Show this weekend (WGN)
• Disappointing: this weekend, despite Metra's recent Bikes on All Trains policy announcement, "trains may not be able to accommodate bicycles."
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