Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 17
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• E-moto rider killed by hit-and-run driver Monday morning at Archer/Laramie in Garfield Ridge IDed as Juan Martin Marquez Luna, 54 (Tribune)
• …This was the same intersection where a reckless driver killed pedestrian Maria Ochoa, 88, in a similar typer of crash in May 2025
• “A woman was stabbed with a sharp object Wednesday evening on a CTA bus in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood, according to police.” (Fox)
• Former CTA Vice President of Rail Operations Romayne Brown chosen as new Metra board chair (Daily Herald)
• “Rate Field’s Owners Blindsided By Plans To Build Amtrak Facility Nearby, Don’t Want Sox To Move” (Block Club)
• Bike Lane Uprising: “You can now filter our bike lane obstruction maps by all time, last year, last month & see how hotspots change.
• “Urban Habitat Chicago‘s free PARK(ing) Day exhibit takes place tomorrow, Friday, September 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., near 5038 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.”
• “The Presidents Cup [pro golf competition] and Metra are a perfect match!”
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