Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 20
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• “CTA Meets Record-Breaking Workforce Milestone: Training 200 New Rail Operators and Hiring 1,000 Bus Operators in 2024″
• ATA: “Germany provides examples of a regional vision for transit”
• Boy, 14, charged for allegedly committing 7 different North Red Line robberies and assaults, including charges for armed robbery with a firearm (CBS)
• CDOT postponed traffic reroute plaza renovation, next to the Western Avenue Brown Line stop in Lincoln Square, after shop owners complained (Block Club)
• Block Club: “Controversial Pilsen Metal Scrapper Permit Approved Despite Neighbor Pushback”
• Block Club: “94-Year-Old Midway Airport Volunteer Wants To Ease Your Holiday Travel Dread: ‘You Got To Be Cool'”
“Winter is Upon Us and There is No Better Way Than CTA to Get to Many of the Holiday Events Across Chicagoland”
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