Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 24
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• “Transit Leaders Plead For Lawmakers To Fill $200 Million Shortfall As CTA, Metra Cuts Loom” (Block Club)
• “Facing ‘six-alarm fire’ of service cuts, transit leaders anxious with 1 week left to pass state funding bill” (Sun-Times)
• “Tick tock on the fiscal cliff clock… The frustration is building at the Regional Transportation Authority.” (Evanston Now)
• Amtrak train fatally struck person who was reportedly attempting to bike across tracks Thursday around 8 AM in south-suburban University Park (NBC)
• Man says he was leaving his car on Cottage Grove at 82nd when e-bike rider struck him on sidewalk, wasn’t cited by police, resulting in ambulance bill (ABC)
• Ride Illinois: “Our Legislative Scorecard offers a summary of the 2025 spring legislative session and recaps key bike legislation from 2021 to 2024.”
• “CTA Service to Upcoming United Center Events; Weekend Work Affecting Rail Service”
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