Sponsored by:
• "CTA State And Lake Station Closes For Reconstruction After 130 Years Of Service" (Chicago YIMBY)
• Transit professional Britton Budd gives insights into Red Line Extension and the creation of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (ChiGov.com)
• Hit-and-run driver killed elderly pedestrian Harriett Reynolds Wednesday around 5 PM at gas station at 146th/Indiana in south suburban Riverdale (ABC)
• Police investigating after body found near Metra MD-N tracks near Winchester/Ellis in Libertyville; person was reportedly not struck by train (ABC)
• Last month teens beat man, 62, into a coma on bus near Cicero Blue stop. On Friday a man was stabbed and critically injured at same location. (WGN, ABC)
• Court: Woman convicted of murdering landlord is still owed $2.8 million from CTA for 2018 case in which bus driver struck her, causing neuro injuries (CBS)
• Attorney and CTA rider Benjamin Morrell: "'Northwest Passage' connecting Ogilvie and Clinton CTA station deserves another go" (Sun-Times)
• Video of Q & A w/ Myron Levin, filmmaker behind Power Trip, about how media encourages deadly driving, at November showing co-hosted by SBC
• Call for proposals by 2/28 for the 2025 Transport Chicago conference on 6/12 at at voco Chicago Downtown
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