Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 28
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• Block Club: “CTA Boss Spent More Time Traveling World Than Visiting Chicago Transit Stations, Schedule Shows”
• More coverage of efforts to keep Chicago from being first northern hemisphere city without an intercity bus terminal (Tribune, Sun-Times, Chicago Mag, etc.)
• Block Club talks with friends and colleagues of the late Chicago transportation cartographer and historian Dennis McClendon
• Let’s wish talented Eater Chicago editor Ashok Selvam a fast and full recovery as he recovers from a bike crash (Axios)
• CPD seeks suspects who allegedly robbed a person of their bicycle on 8/14 around 8:30 AM on the platform of the Laramie Green station in Austin (FOX)
• Yesterday’s high winds played havoc with some Metra routes (ABC)
• The commuter railroad: “Bears fans, make Metra a part of your game plan”
• CTA is extending the #9 Ashland bus route to Ravenswood station Tuesday 9/3. We plan to catch the first early-morning bus to cover the new route.
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