Marni Pyke
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New technology speeds pilot, air traffic controller communicationDec 26, 2016 4:00 am - It's clear skies at O'Hare International Airport, but there's a thunderstorm elsewhere in the Midwest. As passengers blithely board their plane, air traffic control is o...
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Tollway spat with Canadian Pacific heats up over land for O'Hare bypassDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Editor's note: The caption credit indicating the source of the attached photograph has been corrected. On the heels of the Illinois tollway's prediction of dire eco...
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Bus seat belt debate about to resume in SpringfieldDec 12, 2016 4:30 am - As a fatal crash in Chattanooga renews interest in seat belts on school buses, a suburban lawmaker wants to make the restraints law in Illinois. State Rep. Lou Lang plan...
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Duckworth pushing for law to require seat belts in new school busesDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois' soon-to-be senator is putting her political weight behind a proposed law requiring that new school buses be equipped with safety belts. U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckwor...
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New technology for pilots, controllers to ease plane delaysDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - New technology is emerging at Chicago's airports that expedites communications between pilots and air traffic controllers. The "Data Comm" system improves on a laborious...
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Rejected tollway engineers may come back - for six monthsDec 07, 2016 12:00 am - After previously dumping longtime consulting engineer AECOM Technical Services, Illinois tollway directors renewed a $8.5 million contract with the firm - for six months...
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What's to prevent another school bus tragedy?Dec 05, 2016 4:30 am - Suburban officials say safeguards are in place to help avert crash like the one in Chattanooga
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O'Hare runway rotation will go away at ChristmasNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - An overnight runway rotation experiment that's given thousands of residents near O'Hare International Airport some peace from jet noise will end Dec. 25, and an extensio...
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O'Hare workers striking for higher wages; airlines say flights unaffectedNov 29, 2016 12:00 am - Chanting "Fight for $15," baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, janitors and wheelchair attendants workers picketed for better wages and benefits at O'Hare International Air...
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Will Trump's $1 trillion answer suburban transportation wishes?Nov 28, 2016 4:15 am - Fasten your seat belts, because the next few months likely will contain more transportation zigzags than we've experienced in years. First the zig. President-elect Donal...