Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 18
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• Curious City: “From the Garfield Park Conservatory to Navy Pier, who will win? Car, bike or public transportation?”
• “The Chicago City Council eliminated costly parking mandates for all residential zones located near CTA and Metra stops.” (Abundant Housing IL)
• Person initially survived being struck by MED train Thursday around 7:40 AM near 27th Street, trains delayed (ABC)
• “2 hospitalized after fight while exiting [Clinton] CTA Blue Line train in West Loop” (ABC)
• “The Iconic Damen Silos Are Coming Down” (Block Club)
• Pro-upzoning Edgewater/Uptown folks, also calling for $1.5B for transit, invite advocates to Red Line ribbon-cutting M 7/21, 8-10 AM at Argyle
• “CTA is Your Best Ride in July”
• More discussion of Metra’s possible cafe car (NBC)
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