Transportation
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Is this a good time to buy a car? Here’s the fall outlook with tariffs here, EV tax credits goneOct 05, 2025 3:00 pm - Auto manufacturers have been sucking up extra costs but that could change in 2026, plus some EV rebates still exist.
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Huntley backs out of stop on Chicago-to-Rockford passenger rail line
Oct 04, 2025 11:37 am - Huntley no longer will have a stop on the planned Chicago-to-Rockford passenger rail line because the village has backed out.
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‘Unconstitutional’: Congressmen, Pritzker call out White House freeze on CTA projectsOct 03, 2025 6:53 pm - The Trump administration has frozen funds for a Red Line extension and other major Chicago Transit Authority projects. The move impacts a major Red Line extension on Chicago’s South Side and modernization of the Purple/Red lines on the North Side.
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Transit doomsday is postponed, but cuts are coming to CTA in 2026, Metra in 2027, agencies sayOct 03, 2025 6:11 pm - CTA warns of a 25% service reduction in 2026 while Metra projects cutting 267 trains without state aid in 2027.
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Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
Oct 03, 2025 9:05 am - President Donald Trump's administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
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State unveils six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure planOct 02, 2025 7:02 pm - Illinois on Wednesday unveiled its latest six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan for the state’s roads, bridges, railways, airports and more.
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Transit fiscal cliff shrinks in 2026 but will grow in 2027Oct 02, 2025 6:59 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority is expected to downsize the “fiscal cliff” facing Metra, Pace and the CTA in 2026 by over half at a Friday meeting.
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After plan to shrink Kirchoff nixed, Rolling Meadows officials pivot to intersection fixOct 02, 2025 4:35 pm - Rolling Meadows aldermen have approved spending $80,915 for a study to improve the intersection of Kirchoff Road and Oriole Lane. The vote this week came after their earlier rejection of a controversial plan to reduce lanes on Kirchoff.
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Work begins to replace century-old railroad bridge in NapervilleOct 01, 2025 2:54 pm - Construction has begun to replace a 110-year-old railroad bridge in Naperville, the final task in a decades-long project to reduce congestion on North Aurora Road.
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‘Many live paycheck to paycheck’: Shutdown will impact local workers, airports and services, stakeholders sayOct 01, 2025 12:35 pm - Thousands of city and suburban federal employees will be without pay with courts and pollution monitoring impacted by shutdown.