Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 7

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• ATA: “Coalition calls for a CDOT leader focused on equitable and sustainable mobility.” Activists opposed last year’s pick of Tom “Master of Potholes” Carney.

• “Washington: Are dangerous car crashes being perpetuated by cannabis?” in addition to unsafe road design, speeding, distracted driving… (Tribune)

• “A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured in a stabbing near the Roosevelt Red Line station in the South Loop Tuesday night” (FOX)

• “Officer Fires Gun While Being Hit By Car During Irving Park Store Burglary, Police Say,” no serious injuries (Block Club)

• Block Club: “Alderpeople around Chicago say the city needs a more straightforward, consistent and effective approach to encampments.”

• WGN9: “PACE Riders with disabilities face increased costs and drastic cuts to paratransit rides from RTA”

• Springfield politics blog Capitolfax mentioned our interview with House Speaker Chris Welch on what’s going on with transit funding negotiations

• Chicago’s Metra battles ‘tracks-on-fire’ myth about flaming switch heaters (Trains.com)

• “If there’s something weird / And it don’t look good / Who you gonna call?” “‘Ghost buses’ busted in CTA tracking apps” (WBEZ)

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