Marni Pyke
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What's your roadwork safety IQ? Take our testApr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Despite a relatively mild winter, the number of people dying in crashes in Illinois this year rose by 37 percent as of Tuesday, one reason state authorities urged driver...
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Pyke: Are dangerous merges to blame for more I-90 crashes?Apr 11, 2016 5:30 am - With seconds to merge into traffic you can't see, the Arlington Heights Road interchange with westbound I-90 is a heart-stopping, adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride no one w...
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Tollway: Bridge disaster won't hinder I-90 completion this yearApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Construction delays to one segment of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) following a fatal beam collapse in Des Plaines should not get in the way of finishing the m...
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Metra kicks off construction seasonApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - It's the transit version of summer roadwork: Metra has launched its 2016 construction season with multiple bridge fixes, station upgrades and track repairs on tap. The i...
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Emission test reminders resume after vendor offers to do it for freeApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Drivers won't have any excuses not to get an emissions test with the resumption of mailed reminders, courtesy of a state vendor that will do it for free. The action come...
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Touhy Ave. reopens 20 hours after I-90 beam kills workerApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correctly spell Vicente Santoyo. Federal authorities are investigating why a 40-ton beam fell early Tuesday onto Touhy...
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Could beam disaster occur again on toll roads?Apr 05, 2016 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway is suspending construction on the I-90 bridge at Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines where a steel beam fatally toppled onto a worker Tuesday until the agen...
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Tollway sensors? No documents? We answer your transportation questionsApr 04, 2016 5:45 am - Jeff Pyrn doesn't miss a trick when driving on the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway (Route 390). “Why are there two toll sensor structures about one mile apart near Roselle Road ...
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Images: Icons of Oakbrook TerraceApr 03, 2016 1:00 am - Oakbrook Terrace has aimed for perfection since 1881, when the town was dubbed Utopia. What once was farms and the site of a thriving creamery and cheese factory experi...
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Metra testing video cameras on trainsMar 29, 2016 1:00 am - If you have a tendency to sleep with your mouth open on your Metra ride, it could be time to curb the habit as the agency considers installing cameras inside trains. Ele...