Transportation
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Delta CEO says airline is facing $500 million in costs from global tech outage
Jul 31, 2024 10:31 am - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the airline is facing $500 million in costs related to a global tech outage this month that disrupted emergency services, communicatio...
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Speeding is tied to 55% of crash deaths in Illinois. So why does it persist?Jul 28, 2024 7:47 pm - How fast do you drive on the Tri-State and Jane Addams tollways? Some say it’s like NASCAR out there and no one’s issuing tickets.
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Watch out for Wolf Road reconstruction in Des PlainesJul 26, 2024 9:26 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation began resurfacing more than 2 miles of Wolf Road in Des Plaines this week.
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Arson attacks cause travel chaos before start of Olympics in Paris, thwarting athletes' travel
Jul 26, 2024 6:05 am - PARIS — Arsonists attacked the French high-speed rail network early Friday, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe for some 800,000 people, ...
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Southwest Air moves to assigned seats in major policy shift
Jul 25, 2024 9:11 am - Southwest Airlines Co. will begin offering assigned seats, ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century. ...
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US is investigating Delta’s flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage
Jul 23, 2024 12:18 pm - U.S. regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled and delayed flights as the airline struggles to recover from a global te...
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Erhart Road in Fremont Township to close to through trafficJul 22, 2024 10:47 am - Erhart Road between Fremont Center Road and Gilmer Road in Fremont Township will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, July 29 to replace roughly 200 feet of dra...
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Thousands of O’Hare travelers hit by outage, some Metra UP trains slowedJul 19, 2024 10:53 am - Flying out of Chicago today? Check your flight status, as global computer glitch disrupts travel by air and train.
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Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world
Jul 19, 2024 5:52 am - A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.
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Lane closures planned for Route 22 resurfacingJul 18, 2024 11:12 am - Daytime intermittent lane closures will be required for resurfacing on Route 22 from County Line Road in Fox River Grove to west of Rand Road (Route 12) in Lake Zurich beginning Monday, July 29, weather permitting.