Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 31

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• NITA little help keeping track of all the plans, meetings, and surveys about Chicagoland transit right now? ELPC’s Lena Guerrero Reynolds has posted a handy thread.

• “Metra study details how to achieve regional rail vision”

• Metra: “Bridge lift to close Rock Island Line the weekend of Nov. 13-15”

• “Chicago Avenue Bridge Reopening Delayed To Next Spring As Alderman Reilly Fumes” (Block Club)

• “5 Candidates File To Run In 27th Ward, Challenging Burnett Family’s Decades-Long Hold On Seat.”

• …Incumbent Ald. Walter “Red” Burnett III, appointed after dad stepped down, had cold feet about Grand Avenue safety project, has voiced support for new Green Line stations.

• “Why e-bikes [presumably actually electric motorcycles] are causing Buffalo Grove Park District to scrap project” to paint basketball court (Daily Herld) 

• “Should New Airbnbs Be Limited In Logan Square, Humboldt Park? Residents Can Weigh In On Ballot” (Block Club)

• “Owner of Elmhurst Metra station’s coffee shop charges with selling meth.” Maybe he should switch to decaf? (Daily Herald)

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