Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 16

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• Another report on the rally in Horseshoe Sandwich Land: “100s Rally at State Capitol Urging Lawmakers to Prioritize People Over Polluters (Capitol Fax)

• “Illinois lawmakers work on $1.5B bill to bail out CTA, Metra and Pace” (FOX)

• Tribune editorial: “Turning down nearly $2B in federal [RLE] cash is hard. But holding future CTA capital needs of CTA potentially hostage… is hard, too.” 

• “Pace’s Proposed 2026 Budget Maintains Current Suburban Service; Includes 10% Fare Increase” (Capitol Fax)

• Pace CEO Melinda Metzger: “How Pace Suburban Bus is driving the region’s economy” (Crain’s)

• Denise Barreto, ex-CTA equity and engagement officer, and Alex Nelson, strategic advisor for Better Streets Chicago, discuss transit funding (WBEZ)

• “Man, dog killed when struck by Amtrak train on Metra Milwaukee District North tracks in Morton Gove” (CBS)

• “Elderly driver walks away from car struck by Metra UP-NW train in Fox River Grove” (CBS)

• “Automated ticketing cameras added to 6 Downtown CTA buses” to prevent bus and bike lane blockage (Sun-Times)

• “Ventra outage planned for Friday night; CTA, Metra riders will not need to tap” (CBS)

• “Controversial Broadway Rezoning In Edgewater, Uptown Heads To City Council” (Block Club)

• “Driven by arts and culture, pedestrian traffic in Downtown Chicago exceeds pre-pandemic levels, report finds” (Sun-Times)

• “Chance The Rapper Turned The Red Line Into The ‘Star Line’ For His Chicago Homecoming” (Block Club)

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