Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 6
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• Driver collided with teen boy on “e-bike,” possibly an electric motorcycle, resulting in life-threatening injuries, Wed. around 1 PM at Walkup and Dvorak roads in Crystal Lake (CBS)
• “Frequent [electric motorcycle], e-scooter crashes beg question of how transit can be made safer” (NBC)
• Block Club does a deep dive into the case of a person who was doing a bike + train commute when a fare evader knocked her down and injured her while security stood by
• “Viral Videos Blame City For Residents’ Flooding Woes — But Can Anything Be Done?” (Block Club)
• “Over 20 ‘bike bus’ systems organized in Chicagoland to get kids to school” (Fox)
• “$30 million, 42-unit affordable housing project proposed for Washington Park” (Hyde Park Herald)
• Someone should do a full Nelson [Algren] on the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board and rebut their editorial against plans for a public restroom at Polish Triangle.
• “Chicago’s alleys are a little world” (Reader)
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