Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 4

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• CTA held a workshop on improving safety. Great idea, but why don’t we just replace ineffective unarmed security guards with Transit Ambassadors?

• Verified GoFundMe launched for Teresa Carteno, 62, seriously injured by a reckless driver, 42, at Fullerton/Mango in Belmont Cragin (Block Club)

• Surface Transportation Board grants Metra request for trackage rights on Union Pacific (Trains.com)

• The John Williams NewsClick survey: “Should concealed weapons be banned on CTA buses and trains?” Short answer: Yes. (WGN)

• Tribune editorial: “The ‘L’ is no place for gunpacking riders.”

• “Developer Pitches 7-Story Apartment Building To Replace Bucktown Strip Mall,” 0.3 miles from ‘L’ with retail, 58 apartments, 105 car spots (Block Club)

• “6-Story Apt. Building Could Replace Vacant Lot, 2 Homes In Andersonville” 0.5 miles from Metra, with 32 units, 16 affordable, 17 car spaces (Block Club)

• Community group member: “[Old Town Canvas] offers 20% affordable [transit-friendly] housing and 80% unaffordable. Something to celebrate?” (Tribune)

• Fall 2025 UTC Seminar Series kicks off with Zoom talk on efforts to get to zero emissions on Metra trains, Thursday 9/18 at noon. Register here.

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