Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 11
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• Jeremy Glover: “As of last Thursday, the segment of Milwaukee Avenue that cuts through the Logan Square traffic circle is closed forevermore to cars.”
• “Metra to STB: Require UP to continue allowing commuter service on 3 Chicago lines” (Progressive Railroading)
• Check out a Metra document illustrating the current lines and two of the re-naming schemes (WTTW)
• “[Plan] Commission Adopts 95th Street Development Plan” (Block Club)
• “Morton Grove calling for ideas to redevelop Lehigh Avenue site near Metra station” (Tribune)
• Letter: “Uber shuttle at the United Center? CTA already runs [an express] bus, and it’s cheaper.” (Sun-Times)
• “Bally’s Chicago Doubles Down On Chinatown Shuttle Service As Casino Struggles Financially” (Block Club)
• After recovering from 3 heart surgeries and discovering a passion for cycling, dad rode with his filmmaker son from St. Louis to Chicago (I Heart Radio)
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