Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 1
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• “Driver Convicted Of Murder After Running Over Man Outside West Loop Night Club” (Block Club)
• “7 hospitalized after driver hits CTA bus in West Garfield Park” (Sun-Times)
• “The O’Hare Flyer aims to race through River Forest. Residents say not so fast.” (Crain’s)
• Happy NITA Day! It’s September 1, which means the new agency is in effect. Here’s “September” by the Chicago-formed band Earth Wind and Fire to celebrate the occasion!
• Here’s a bakery-fresh press release about the launch of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. For a possible inclusion in a SBC post, feel free to let us know what you think.
• RTA Chief Transition Officer Maulik Vaishnav: “One Region, One Network: The Next Era of Chicago Transit” (Mass Transit)
• “NITA is a bold, once-in-a-generation opportunity to build the transit system northern Illinois deserves,” said Amy Rynell, Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director.
• Crains: “The O’Hare Flyer aims to race through River Forest. Residents say not so fast.”
• “Letters: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy deserves praise for investment in trains” (which was actually funded under Biden / Buttiegieg) (Tribune)
• Crain’s: “Housing or lakefront access? An Edgewater development sparks a fight over both.”
• “The Battle of Lincoln Park” author Daniel Kay Hertz: “There were subtle differences between pro- & anti-housing development protestors in Edgewater this weekend.”
• “Cyclists want better Evanston to Chicago connections” (Evanston Now)
• “Auburn Gresham Lot Will Finally Become A Park 55 Years After Park District Laid Plans” (Block Club)
• “Only once a year: Chicago is [opening] DuSable Lake Shore Drive to [bike riders] for a sweeping 30-mile scenic bike ride” (Secret Chicago)
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