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Officials responded about 4:10 p.m. to a report of a person on the tracks near the Clark and Division station at 1200 N. Clark St. Southbound trains are operating normally. A male was hospitalized in critical condition.
Neighbors worry the trucks would create a hazardous nuisance as well as air pollution in a low-income Black residential area.
Permits issued this week allow tables on sidewalks and in curb lanes — but also let vehicles use the street.
The CTA said it recorded its highest ridership day since 2020 on May 8, with more than a million rides. The rosy news comes amid growing calls for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. to step down.