Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 26

• With pedestrians and cyclists endangered, Portage Park creates safer intersections (Tribune)

By John Greenfield

5:40 AM CDT on September 26, 2024

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 26

Image: Copenhagenize.com

• With pedestrians and cyclists endangered, Portage Park creates safer intersections (Tribune)

• Thomas Bamonte: The transit governance model in Chicago: an outlier (MPC)

• Motorcycle crash in Lockport area closes 9th Street Bridge, police say (ABC)

• Trucker takes down train crossing west of Chicago, snags Metra trains (CBS)

• “A gut punch”: End of CTA 201 Ventra card program draws student rebuke (Daily Northwestern)

• Englewood’s new community library celebrates local elders and seed-sharing tradition (Block Club)

• Chicago Critical Mass this Friday 9/27, meets after 5:30 PM, Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington

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John Greenfield

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.

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