Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 5
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• Driver struck and injured a woman, 73, Wednesday at Laramie/Archer in Garfield Ridge, where a motorist fatally struck Maria Ochoa, 84 in May (ABC)
• WBEZ: “How to reduce traffic collisions, deaths across Chicagoland”
• Block Club: “ICE Mass Arrests Spark Chaos In South Loop As Activists Fight To Disrupt Operation”
• New post from Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Amy Rynell: “Delayed but not deterred: Continued call to legislature to fix and fund transit”
• CBS: “With mass transit funding deal still up in the air in Springfield, CTA, Metra and Pace begin planning for possible cuts”
• “Cook County Metra station elevators out of service for months, frustrating riders” (FOX)
• “Developer, bike parts maker [SRAM] near deal for West Loop office building” (Crain’s)
• “Bikes, the Bean and Black Panthers in Chicago: Wembley to Soweto initiative 2025” (Guardian)
• “Don’t Be Caught Singing the Traffic Blues — Take CTA to All the Hottest Events Across Town Including the Chicago Blues Festival”
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