Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 2
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• “Editorial: More workers are coming downtown in the new year. It’s showtime for our transit systems.” (Tribune)
• Despite frigid temps, thousands packed pedestrianized Wacker for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, including CTA spokesmodel Chance (Tribune)
• Transit advocates put Ald. Gardiner (45) on blast for posting that people should avoid using (free) transit on NYE “until noticeable improvements are made.”
• After finishing Belmont Flyover and other RPM initiatives, CTA issues request for proposals to redevelop land near Roscoe/Sheffield/Clark (Block Club)
• “We should try to make things we know how to do [like bus service] suck less instead of waiting for vaporware tech to save the day.” (Star:Line)
• “Chicago Prepares Development Plan For Industrial Zone With Priority For Water And Wetland” (Block Club)
• Letter: Garfield Ridge is more walkable than you might think – I owned a car for a decade and only put 30K miles on it (Sun-Times)
• Check out Ride Illinois’ Yearly Wrap-Up of state cycling advocacy milestones
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– John Greenfield, editor
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