Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 18

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• CTA budget town hall meeting tonight, Thursday, September 18, 5:30-7 PM, Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave. in Uptown.

• Labor Alliance for Public Transportation: Philly shows the “need for a new, dedicated, sustainable funding source for transit in IL remains an urgent priority”

• Downstate politicians voice opposition to $1.50 “burrito taxi tax” on restaurant and retail deliveries to help raise $200M for downstate transit (25 News)

• “S. Loop Stadium Traffic Won’t Snarl Streets – If Fans Bike Or Take Transit, Traffic Study Says” although new ‘L’ stop no longer planned (Block Club)

• “Broadway Rezoning Fight Intensifies In Edgewater, With Some Neighbors Taking Out Billboards” (Block Club)

• “Union-backed amendment scrambles granny-flats legalization push” (Crain’s)

• “Cottage Grove Back Open At 71st Street After 2-Year Bridge Project” (Block Club)

• Northwest Siders Can Help Shape Future Of Cicero Avenue (Block Club)

• Department of Justice has sued Uber, alleging that the ride-hailing company and its drivers routinely discriminate against riders with disabilities

• Friends of the Parks celebrates win over plan “to expand the toxic dredged
waste landfill” on SE Side, Sa 9/20, noon to 1 PM at Salud Center, 3039 E. 91st

• 47th Ward’s “Get Up and Move” parking lot party at 1914 W. Berenice is back Su 9/21, 12-4 PM with “a ton of free activities to celebrate end of the summer.”

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