Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 14

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• Wilmette Park District has released options for the Channel Trail extension for community feedback, according to the Evanston Transit Alliance.
• Coverage of CTA President Dorval Carter’s retirement announcement from Chicago papers (Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Herald)
• More area coverage on Carter’s exit from the CTA (Block Club, WGN, WTTW, Axios)
• Tribune editorial: “Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a new ‘Train Daddy,’ or ‘Mommy’”
• Sun-Times commentary: “Don’t throw public transit under the bus. Commuters like me prefer the CTA to driving.”
• A wrong-way driver crashed into a CTA bus on the 300-block of S. Dearborn in the Loop (WGN, ABC, CBS, Fox 32)
• Lake County residents can report high-risk or unsafe intersections, streets and roads in CMAP’s latest road safety initiative (Patch)
• Residents raise concerns about Norwood Park intersection after woman killed in Metra train crash (ABC)

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