Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 31
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By
AJ LaTrace
9:10 AM CDT on October 31, 2024
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- Car driver crashes into Billy Corgan’s tea shop, Madame ZuZu’s in Highland Park, injuring Corgan’s mother-in-law (Tribune, NBC, CBS, Sun-Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NME)
- Opinion: Other cities have figured out post-pandemic public transit. Why can’t Chicago? (Crain’s)
- Mayor’s pastor pick with no transit experience rejected by City Council for RTA Board (Block Club)
- City Council OKs 4 of Mayor Johnson’s 5 picks to serve on RTA board (WTTW)
- New protected bike lane opens on Clark Street in River North (Block Club)
- Biden administration announced $2.4 billion for new rail projects (The Hill)
- 1,700 apartments for downtown approved by City Council (Block Club)
- Man in custody after rear-ending Chicago police cruiser (Fox 32)
- Chicago is the second “best” bicycling city according to popular fitness app Strava (Momentum Mag)
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