Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 14
• Northbound hit-and-run driver charged with felony after fatally striking a person crossing westbound Sunday around 4 PM at 4-lane road with no marked crosswalks in Skokie (Fox)
• Driver struck and killed a woman, 68, Tuesday around 5 AM at Oak Knoll Court and Williamsburg Drive in west-suburban Streamwood (ABC)
• “Pilsen’s Industrial Corridor Needs More Green Space, Fewer Polluters, Some Neighbors Say” (Block Club)
• “Heading To 31st Street Beach This Summer? Expect To See More Cops, Says Alderman” (Block Club)
• “Editorial: Could City Council delay — or even imperil — the 1901 Project [to make the United Center area ‘a bustling, walkable pedestrian district’ ] just to please a union?”
• Letter from Illinois Housing Council ED: Here’s why lawmakers should extend, strengthen the Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit” (Tribune)
• “Chicago Cyclists Are Organizing More Bike Tours To Buy Out Street Vendors” (Block Club)
Streetsblog Chicago will probably be on a light publishing schedule on Friday, May 15, with just the headline stack. We’ll resume full publication on Monday, May 18.
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