• WBEZ discusses the transit fiscal cliff issue with Sen. Villivalam and reps from the RTA, Metropolitan Planning Council, and Better Streets Chicago
• After man, 22, got in fight with two men on stairs of Clinton stop, he and the 9-year-old boy he was with fell, and child suffered critical head injury (Sun-Times)
• During Monday evening rush, trash and railroad ties caught on fire on Brown Line tracks near Paulina, causing major delays (CBS)
• "Advance utility work for new State/Lake CTA station to begin this month" (Chicago Construction)
• During a (sold out) heritage train ride on 10/5 with WTTW host Geoffrey Baer, attendees will hear his favorite stories about local people, places, and culture

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