Today’s Headlines for Monday, February 16
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• Sedan driver, 33, ran a red and hit CTA bus, which hit a building, injuring baby Saturday around 9:19 PM at Washington/Damen on Near United Center (ABC)
• …This happened days after 3 people, including 2 officers, were hospitalized after CPD squad car / CTA bus crash in Chicago/Hoyne in West Town (WGN)
• Letter: “CTA has long road ahead to regain riders’ trust: Transit service still isn’t reliable.” (Sun-Times)
• “Welcome back witness slip warriors. The Illinois General Assemble is back in session and there are bills to pass.” (Chicago, Bike Grid Now!)
• Proposal from the Chicago Cubs to bulldoze a women’s domestic violence shelter in Lakeview in favor of a surface parking lot (44th Ward)
• “The legacy of America’s traqueros: A National Museum of Mexican Art exhibition highlights little-known history of Mexican railroad workers.” (Reader)
• “German brands will ditch SRAM for their bikes, because of politics” (cycling Weekly)
• If you can’t abolish ice, bicycle across it. “Northeast Ohio man bikes across the [frozen] Great Lakes.” (Spectrum News)
• Romanelli, who helped kill Ashland BRT, is trying to kill the Grand PBL plan with a bad-faith bus lane scheme. Zoom meeting Tues. 6 PM (Bluesky, Twitter)
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