Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 17
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• City Council passes, with $500K allocated for #PlowTheSidewalks (1/2 of what was requested) thanks to advocacy by Ald. La Spata (1st) (Block Club)
• Ride-hail will become more expensive under the new budget (which is good for sustainable transportation) (Block Club)
• Suspect fired a paintball gun at head of man, 38, during argument on bus Monday around 9:35 PM in 1300 block of Fullerton in Lincoln Park (ABC)
• Pedestrian fatally struck by hit-and-run driver of speeding, NB silver sedan around 9:30 AM at Chicago/4th in Joliet IDed as Robert Redmond, 62 (Patch)
• Evanston’s Downtown Evanston Executive Committee has endorsed the proposal to extend the Chicago Ave. PBLs to the city of Chicago border
• Tribune: “Evanston officials say bike lane won’t decrease parking, but it causes block-by-block gains and losses”
• Planetizen discusses our recent story on counting 60 Milwaukee Ave. protected bike lane users in an hour in 32F weather
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