Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 26
• Daily Herald: “Suburbs being ‘silenced,’ and a ‘fragmented system that’s not working’: Transit reform advocates far apart”
• “CTA to Hold Three ‘Meet the Contractor’ Meetings in April to Discuss Construction of the Red Line Extension Project”
• Nothing good happens after midnight: Driver runs red, sends SUV crashing into bakery Tuesday around 4:51 AM near Washington/Wells, no injuries (FOX)
• Former transit exec: “Best bet to rename Metra rail lines: Use history, geography as a guide” (Sun-Times)
• “With little fanfare, a consortium of nonprofits is building dozens of new single-family homes on the South and West sides” (Tribune)
• Mixed-use development with 52 below-market units, 30 car spots, 11 ADA accessible, at 3601-25 W. Chicago Ave. in Humboldt Park (Block Club)
• Tribune letters: Is there justification in targeting Tesla cars to protest Elon Musk?
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