Transportation
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Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
May 09, 2025 12:46 pm - The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
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‘Education and enforcement’: Why you can expect to see more police on Route 59 todayMay 09, 2025 5:30 am - Police departments across the suburbs — from Wauconda up north to Naperville down south and nearly everywhere in between — are teaming up for a regional traffic safety initiative all day Friday along the Route 59 corridor.
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Roosevelt Road bridge project to cause lane shifts in Glen EllynMay 08, 2025 10:34 am - Repairs to the bridge carrying Roosevelt Road over Route 53 in Glen Ellyn are due to begin Monday, May 12, weather permitting, IDOT says.
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Wadsworth Road to close at Canadian Pacific Railroad crossing May 8May 07, 2025 2:05 pm - Wadsworth Road between Route 41 and Kilbourne Road east of the Des Plaines River in northeastern Lake County will be closed Thursday, May 8 for rail crossing repairs.
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REAL ID enforcement begins at O’Hare, airports nationwideMay 07, 2025 2:00 pm - After years of postponed deadlines, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration began enforcing REAL ID requirements at airports nationwide Wednesday.
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Trump tariffs set off doubts — even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restore
May 07, 2025 8:05 am - ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manu...
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Bill to end senior road tests for 86 and younger, allow reporting of unsafe drivers clears Senate committeeMay 06, 2025 6:54 pm - Members of the Transportation Committee unanimously approved the change.
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Giannoulias urges Illinoisans not to panic about REAL ID deadlineMay 05, 2025 6:34 pm - Amid a surge in customers desperate to obtain REAL IDs before federal enforcement at airports begins Wednesday, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias sought Monday to clarify public confusion.
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Mayor picks former aviation executive with private sector experience to run O’Hare, MidwayMay 05, 2025 5:57 pm - Michael McMurray, previously president of transportation and infrastructure at Wight & Company, takes on a complex job as the Chicago Department of Aviation’s new commissioner.
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$27 million fallout? Cost of tollway bid misstep piles upMay 04, 2025 4:42 pm - The tollway approved a $16.5 million change order to speed up a delayed project, following a multi-million dollar settlement paid to the improperly awarded low bidder.