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"High Speed Rail Alliance supports HB 4279, which would require planners... to assume much higher future minimum [Amtrak] frequencies" (Star:Line)
• 3 people, including 2 officers, were hospitalized after a crash involving a CPD squad car and a CTA bus in Chicago/Hoyne in West Town (WGN)
• "A man was stabbed in the face while riding a Green Line train on Thursday night. This comes as the CTA is taking steps to increase safety tech." (CBS)
• "CTA planning to expand AI gun detection technology" (CBS)
• Asked if a Trib op-ed on Archer was written by AI, editor Chris Jones, a serial publisher of car-centric opinion pieces, calls John "a serial harasser" (Eric Zorn)
• Here's the history of the Archer Avenue street name (30 names in 30 days)
• Against small plans: Chicago has a housing crisis. Let's act like it. (A City That Works)
• "CTA's trains and buses would love to get you to various events and the 2026 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place"
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