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• RTA budget is open for public comment through 12/5, and there's a virtual regional budget hearing 12/4, 4-6 PM. Register here.
• Oh snap! Capitol Fax's Rich Miller ridicules CTA Board Chair for claim mayoral control of CTA has meant "the CTA operated 'efficiently and responsively'"
• "CTA to buy up to 150 hybrid buses with $121M federal grant" (Sun-Times)
• Sedan driver, 24, arrested after critically injuring male pedestrian, 41, at Saturday around 3 AM at Devon/Western in West Ridge (NBC)
• Car driver hospitalized after crash with Metra UP-NW train Saturday Evening at Evergreen Street crossing near Arlington Heights station. (CBS)
• GoFundMe launched for Joy Lowery after truck driver ran over her leg while she was biking on Ravenswood Avenue in the Uptown community.
• Man accused of fire attack 11/17 on Blue Line at Clark/Lake, deemed a danger to the community, will remain in custody until his next court hearing (ABC)
• Man, 65, shot in leg while riding bike Sunday around 5 PM near 117th/Lafayette in West Pullman, no arrests (Fox)
• Life expectancy shockingly declines as you move west along Green Line, from 87 years near Clark/Lake station to 67 years near Pulaski stop (Sun-Times)
• Street vendor support bike ride ride in Little Village helped buy out four street food purveyors (Southwest Collective)
• "As Beloved Logan Square Crossing Guard Pete Parada Retires, Neighbors Thank Him" (Block Club)
• "Metra to host Toys for Tots Drive Donate a new and unwrapped toy or cash at downtown Metra stations 12/9"
• Cook County invites you to a virtual meeting for the O’Hare Area Bike Network Study, previously discussed on SBC, 12/11, 5:30-8 PM – register here.
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