Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 2

• Capitol Fax: “Lawmakers, advocates call for special summer session – Dems respond to several suburban mayors’ complaints about mass transit package”

• WTTW: “CTA Launches Next Round of Rider Feedback Pop-Ups Following ‘Strong Turnout'”

• Verified GoFundMe for Edward “Eddy” Phillips, seriously injured on bicycle by hit-and-run driver 6/25 in Crystal Lake, to cover medical and living expenses

• “Inside the petition to end traffic deaths in Riverside” (RBL)

• Most recent of many shooting and stabbings on CTA in past few weeks: man, 29, critically injured in a Red Line shooting 4:26 AM today near Roosevelt (ABC)

• Pretrial detention for man, 66, who fatally stabbed Jason Rowinski, 42, on Blue Line after he asked to share cig. Testimony: “I didn’t want to kill him.” (Tribune)

• Trains.com: “STB turns down Metra request for injunction in dispute with UP”

• “Collapsed Waukegan Metra station wall being repaired; ‘The trains were slowed for safety'” (Tribune)

• Active Trans is offering ten $200 stipends to individuals or groups in Chicagoland that want to organize Week Without Driving events or campaigns.

• Tribune: “Go big and stay home! Why Illinois loves its roadside monsters.” It’s not hard to visit many of these giant figures by Amtrak + bike.

• Sick (BBQ) burn! Our friends at Capitol Fax called out Trib for falsely implying Gale Street Inn, near Jeff Park station, closed because of tipped minimum wage

• What to know about the [sustainable transportation delaying, car glorifying] NASCAR race this weekend” (Block Club)

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