Today’s Headlines for Wednesday July 8
• More discussion of Mayor Johnson’s choices for the new transit boards (Tribune, Crain’s)
• “Mayor Brandon Johnson says aldermen’s provisions in budget $130 million short” (Tribune)
• “Metra UP-West service stopped after train hit person near Lombard” Monday evening (NBC)
• “Surveillance video shows man wanted in shooting death of CTA worker” (NBC)
• Here’s video of CDOT’s recent presentation on Complete Streets at ATA’s Advocacy Connect webinar. We’ve added it to our writeup.
• Day 6 of series of letters about protected bike lanes: “Aldermanic prerogative stands in the way of a better bike lane network in Chicago” (Tribune)
• …We totally agree with that sentiment!
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