Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 11

• “CTA’s new security plan includes sheriff’s deputies on trains, high-barrier gates [called for in recent SBC guest op-ed], farecard inspections” (Sun-Times)

• Letter: “Public access to CTA bathrooms will keep L stations, trains clean” (Sun-Times)

•  CPD released image of man who allegedly punched pedestrian unconscious Monday around 7:40 PM at 47th/Ashland in Back of the Yards (Fox)

• “Momentum is building for the Englewood Nature Trail — a 1.8‑mile elevated greenway that will transform a former railroad corridor.” (Active Trans)

• CEO of Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.: “Solving affordable housing means preserving what we have, not just building more” (Tribune)

• “United-American fight for O’Hare dominance lands in FAA’s lap” (Crain’s)

• “West Side’s Peace Runners Open Garfield Park Studio, Wellness Center” (Block Club)

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– John Greenfield, editor