Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 15
• Here’s Steven Vance’s letter to Ald. Bill Conway (34) asking him to defer the Finance Committee’s vote to fund a huge parking garage on The 78 with no transit investments.
• Turning cargo van driver, 27, failed to yield and struck oncoming SUV, then another SUV, which was pushed into a CTA bus Tuesday around 7:20 PM at Archer/Ashland (NBC)
• Yellow Line service been restored after car driver disregarded gate and was their vehicle struck by train Tuesday around 1 PM at Niles Center Road in Skokie, no injuries (ABC)
• Search for missing suburban man [last seen riding mountain bike] shuts down forest preserve and campground (NBC)
• Metra: “Major track project to impact Milwaukee District North midday service”
• Officials considering options for replacing the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park (Tribune)
• New Tribune letter: Letter decrying Montrose bike crossing island “narrates clearly there are drivers who aren’t paying attention. Cyclists aren’t responsible for nonsense like this.”
• “Sprawling Woodlawn Central Development, Daily News Building Landmarking Get Zoning Approval” (Block Club)
• Manaa-Hoppenworth supports synagogue redevelopment near Red Line after developer agreed to include more family-sized units, public bathrooms, park donations (Block Club)
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