Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 7
The Blue Line resumes normal service this morning (ABC 7) Increasing pickpocketing incidents on downtown trains and platforms (CBS 2) Privately operated bus crashed into bus shelter in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times) WBEZ looks into resolution forbidding aldermen from riding scooters Be on the lookout for deer in the roads, Mary Wisniewski writes (Tribune) Scooter startup … Continued
October 7, 2019
Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 4
Local chambers seek business owner feedback on new Division Street parking meters (Block Club) How New Yorkers preyed on Chicago taxi drivers, making tens of millions flipping medallions (New York Times) Multiple people injured after vehicle collides with Pink Line train (NBC 5) Globe Street looks at the $2.1B first phase of the CTA’s Red-Purple … Continued
October 4, 2019
Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 30
DUI, reckless homicide charges filed in East Garfield Park hit and run (Sun-Times) West Chicago introduces senior bus program, Ride DuPage (Daily Herald) Woman struck by CTA train at Roosevelt Red Line station (CBS 2) Park Ridge considers overturning ban on electronic signage for transit use (Tribune) Section of State Street shut down yesterday due … Continued
August 30, 2019
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 29
A fire broke out on CTA tracks near Adams and Wabash yesterday (CBS 2) Chicago-area train deaths surge this year (WGN) Police cracking down on cars driving past stopped school buses (Fox 32) Two grants will help fund broader midwest Amtrak rail network (Railway Age) Woman struck and killed on Metra tracks in Arlington Heights (Tribune) … Continued
August 29, 2019
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 28
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August 28, 2019