Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 26
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• CTU VP Jackson Potter and UIC urban planning prof Kate Lowe: “Public education and transit benefit Chicagoans but aren’t being fully funded” (Tribune)
• Andrew Leahy: “Illinois Vehicle Mileage Tax—Fix The Roads And Fund The Future” (Forbes)
• Man, 42, died after another male stabbed him in the thigh during a quarrel around 7:49 PM on inbound Blue train near Rosemont. Suspect arrested. (CBS)
• Following hit-and-run killing of beloved Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus member Brendan Siddall, 26, UK’s Daily Mail quoted SBC interview with witness
• Trains.com: “Union Pacific asks Surface Transportation Board to disallow some material from latest Metra filing”
• Tribune editorial: “Unionizing Uber and Lyft drivers may speed up their robotic replacement”
• Englewood natives Pha’Tal Perkins, Donya Smith discuss how annual “Roll N Peace” bike ride disproves the notion the Black people don’t bike (The TRiiBE)
• CDOT’s Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting tonight 6/26, 6-8 PM, DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson, Concourse Level. Read previous coverage here.
• Station house music: Commuter Coffee Rave hosted by ATA, Metra, Hexe Coffee, BFF bikes & Keating Law, F 6/27. 7:30-9:30 AM, La Salle Station
• Metra will provide more UP-N and UP-W runs Sunday, 6/29 “to accommodate those planning to attend Chicago’s 54th Annual Pride Parade.”
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