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• "CTA Announces Two New Challenges to Improve Customer Experience and Support Rail Operations" re: helping ESL customers and training rail operators
• SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: "Not Working On The Weekend: How Suburban Transit Comes Up Short." (Journal & Topics)
• "Advantage Metra: Feds give agency track rights in Union Pacific dispute" (Daily Herald)
• More details about case of Daniella Weisman, 48, fatally struck by UP-N trail in Glencoe while walking dogs: One of the dogs ran away and survived (People)
• After war refuge murdered on N.C. train by man with mental illness, "Enforcing fare evasion is a deterrent... all transit agencies should pursue" (Tribune)
• "Glencoe restricts e-bikes to riders 16 and over with driver’s licenses." (Tribune)
• "Wellington Greenway Could Connect Clybourn To Lakefront Trail With New Bike-Friendly Route" (Block Club)
• Abundant Housing: Billboard from Edgewater NIMBYs says upzoning would cause mayhem, but tall buildings near the Red Line are already common there
• The Chicago Theater Bike Ride commemorated members of the theater community lost in the past year (Reader)
• MSNBC host Chris Hayes will facilitate convo with National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations advocate Ai-jen Poo at 9/30 MPC event
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