Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 16
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• “Council OKs $424 Million In Public Funds For Parking And More Near New Fire Stadium” (Block Club)
• “After 4 Deaths At Norwood Park Metra Crossing, Safety Improvements Underway” (Block Club)
• CPD releases images of man accused of punching and kicking ‘L’ car windows until they shattered (Fox)
• A new screed about the “City’s ‘bogus’ bike report” on economic impact of bikeways from Inside Publications, featuring Complete Streets foe Ald. Lopez (Bluesky, Twitter)
• …And here’s another tinfoil hat rant from the IP on how bus/bike lane enforcement cam program, which CTA is expanding, is creating a “surveillance state” (Bluesky, Twitter)
• Advocate James Anderson: “We bicycle riders have to stop blocking the crosswalks at red lights… Crosswalks are for pedestrians… Don’t furnish our enemies with ammunition.”
• Learn about proposal to send all 911 parking violation calls to Department of Finance instead of CPD, at 19th District meeting Wed. 7/29, 6:30 PM at 4501 N. Clarendon (CBGN)
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