Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 30
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• CTA worker slain Monday around 4:15 AM near 98th St. rail facility IDed as Thomas Kevin Barlow, 57, victim of reported carjacking, $10K reward offered (Fox 32)
…”‘God has taken his angel’: Friends and family mourn CTA worker fatally shot in Roseland” (Sun-Times)
• Right-leaning Illinois Policy: “Tollway pushes largest toll tax hike on drivers in Illinois history.” No mention of it saving transit, reducing crashes, pollution, congestion.
• “Damen Silos Owner Built Unauthorized Parking Lot, Violating City Code, City Says” (Block Club)
• Chicago, Bike Grid Now! wants to know, “Has a road near you been resurfaced, but the bike lane paint was not put back down?”
… “A special [Buck Owens-esque] Metra locomotive celebrating America’s 250th birthday” (WGN)
• There’s still time to send a letter to the Tribune voicing your opinion about protected bike lanes, and Complete Streets in general. (Bluesky, Twitter)
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