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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 20

By John Greenfield | Mar 20, 2019 | 6 Comments

How, If All Goes Well, New Mobility Tech Could Help Fight Climate Change (Active Trans) Dowell Wants Changes to Prosed Development by Soldier Field With Transit Center (Tribune) Man Shot in Leg While Biking in Englewood (Sun-Times) Construction of New Irving Park Bridge, Including Unperpath, Starts Thursday (Block Club) Milwaukee Near California Blocked for Ongoing […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 9

By John Greenfield | Mar 8, 2019

With Committee Approval, Lincoln Yards Is One Step Closer to Reality (Block Club) IDOT on Jane Byrne Interchange Delays: “This Is New Ground for Us” (Tribune) Police Officer Christopher Morrison, 32, Died After Single-Car Crash on Eisenhower (ABC) Red Line Addison Stop Will Close This Weekend for Repair Work (Tribune) Why Commute by Running During […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 1

By John Greenfield | Mar 1, 2019 | 6 Comments

Normal Friday Metra Commute, 1 Day After Signal Problems Stranded 60K Commuters (Tribune) 3 Injured When Officers Running Light Without Activating Siren Crash in Woodlawn (Sun-Times) 3 Officers in Unmarked SUV Injured in Collision With Dump Truck in Morgan Park (Sun-Times) Wisconsin Man Charged With Homicide in Crash Death of Illinois Trooper (CBS) UIC Implementation […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 21

By John Greenfield | Feb 21, 2019 | 3 Comments

Tribune: Metra Ridership Fell 9% Between 2014 and 2018, While Fares Rose 4 Times Most Mayoral Candidates Support a Dedicated Bike Walk Fund (Active Trans) No Charges for Driver Who Critically Injured Girl Near Downer’s Grove School (Sun-Times) Motorist Charged With DUI for Crash That Injured State Trooper on I-94 (ABC) Driver, 87, Plows Into […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 14

By John Greenfield | Feb 14, 2019 | 6 Comments

MED Riders to Get 15% Pass Discount to Make up for System Problems (Tribune) Pritzker Considers Bill for Sale of Thompson Center, Home of Clark/Lake Stop (Block Club) Driver Arrested for Hit-and-Run That Killed Christopher Harris in Waukegan (Herald) Video Shows Officer Prying Open Train Doors to Make Arrest (Sun-Times) “Park on Your Own Block” Note, […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 9

By John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2019 | 5 Comments

Amira Nairat, 15, Fatally Struck by Driver Wanted for 3 Oak Lawn Hit-and-Run Crashes (ABC) Chicago Study Finds Upzoning May Not Help Increase the Housing Supply (CityLab) Why the Alleged Patronage Hire of a Legislator’s Housemate to the CTA Matters (Tribune) Chico: Let’s Launch Special Reduced-Fare CTA Bus Routes to Address Food Deserts (Sun-Times) MED […]

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 28

By John Greenfield | Jan 28, 2019 | 2 Comments

How This Morning’s 7″ Snowfall Is Affecting Morning Commutes (Tribune) IG: CTA Broke Law By Hiring Legislator’s Houseman, Who Rarely Showed up (Sun-Times) Metra Lowers Speed Limit for Trains Due to Extreme Cold (CBS) Metra, BNSF Officials Discuss Weather Worries, Expansion at Naperville Town Hall (Tribune) After Teen Fatally Struck Michael Horner, 78, Niles Police […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 18

By John Greenfield | Jan 18, 2019 | 2 Comments

Driver Charged With DUI in Lower Wacker Crash That Killed Amari Glenn, 1 (ABC) Freight Train Death in Lombard Halts Metra UP-West Service (Tribune) Cook County Offering $8.5M in Grants to Help Fund Rail, Bike, Ped & Road Project Chicago Magazine Looks at the Changes Made During the Lakefront Trail Separation Project Open Thread: How […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 11

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2019 | 8 Comments

Ald. Pat Dowel Opposes New South Loop CTA Red Line Station (Crain’s) Driver Fatally Struck Roy Faust Jr., 53, in Jefferson Park (Sun-Times) 3-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Adults Injured, In Lower Wacker Crash (Sun-Times) 4 Injured, Including 2 Children, in Avalon Park Crash (Tribune) Chicago Seized and Sold Nearly 50K Cars Over Tickets Since 2011 […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 4

By John Greenfield | Jan 4, 2019

More Tunnel Anxiety, This Time About the Deep Tunnel Stormwater Project (Slate) Driver Injured Homeland Security Officer Walking in West Elsdon Crash (Sun-Times) North Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving the Scene of Fatal 2017 Crash (Herald) Person Shoots BB Gun at CTA Bus in Chatham (Sun-Times) Oberman, Chorle Joining Railroad Retirement Board, Surface Transportation […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 26

By John Greenfield | Dec 26, 2018 | 10 Comments

Tribune Op-ed: Can We All Agree That Holiday Car Commercials Are Contemptible Trash? 4 Injured, 2 Critically, in Crash That Sent One Car Into Englewood Auto Parts Store (ABC) 4 Seriously Injured, Including 2 Children, in Little Village Right-Angle Crash (CBS) Metra: 4 BNSF Train Runs Were Cancelled Monday Due to Workforce Issues (CBS) Bill […]

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