Transportation
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United celebrates, American sues as city updates gate allocation at O’HareJun 03, 2025 6:57 pm - Who’s on first at O’Hare International Airport? Here’s a look at Chicago’s gate update as United and American vie for coveted space.
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The comfy seats are coming, but ‘complexities’ are slowing new Metra railcars’ rolloutJun 03, 2025 4:24 pm - Wondering where those new Metra railcars are? Crews are building prototypes and testing should start this fall.
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Libertyville surveying residents about accessibilityJun 03, 2025 2:43 pm - Libertyville is working with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to develop an Americans with Disabilities Act Public Right-of-WayTransition Plan.
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After decades of complaints, Mount Prospect is looking at ways to slow drivers in popular cut-through routeJun 02, 2025 5:00 pm - Mount Prospect is wrapping up a three-week trial of traffic-calming measures designed to address nearly three decades of resident complaints along a popular cut-through route.
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What’s next after transit rescue dies in Illinois House, and what caused the meltdown? Lawmakers explainJun 01, 2025 9:00 pm - Pizza tax, real estate fee and suburban angst add up to “kiss of death” for proposal to save transit from a massive budget shortfall, insiders say.
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Construction to delay downtown St. Charles traffic
Jun 01, 2025 9:51 am - Two pedestrian safety improvements are expected to delay downtown traffic in St. Charles beginning this week.
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‘A political time bomb’? RTA predicts service cuts as local leaders say state transit plan is ‘pickpocketing’ the suburbsMay 30, 2025 7:33 pm - Kane County leaders castigated revenue raisers in a Senate bill as harmful to the suburbs and “a political timebomb.” Senate Transportation Committee chair calls for “shared sacrifice.”
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‘Huge opportunity’ or ‘stealing’ from suburbs? Senate debates funding plan to save transitMay 29, 2025 7:01 pm - The General Assembly is considering bills to create a Northern Illinois Transit Authority with strong oversight of Metra, Pace and the CTA.
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Three hurt in two-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 near GurneeMay 29, 2025 6:21 am - Three people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 94 near Gurnee.
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Goodbye, RTA. Hello, NITA? Suburban lawmakers divided over new transit billMay 28, 2025 7:09 pm - Lawmakers propose creating the Northern Illinois Transportation Authority to govern transit agencies, integrate fares and boost security, but suburban Republicans are concerned about Chicago having undue influence.