Marni Pyke
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Metra riders: Brace for cold-related delaysJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - Metra riders are advised to plan for potential delays on Tuesday's commute following a frustrating Monday marked by weather-related problems. With bitter cold temperatur...
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Pyke: Why your license plate sticker could get you a traffic ticketJan 03, 2016 10:00 pm - Got that nagging feeling you've forgotten something? Better go outside and check the date of your license plate sticker. You could be among the thousands of drivers obli...
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Four big road work projects to keep an eye on in 2016Jan 01, 2016 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story includes a revision to a previously posted version. Work on the interchange at I-90 and Lee Street was completed in 2015. It's another ye...
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10 transit tips for the New Year's holidayDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - If your New Year's Eve plans don't involve hunkering down at home or sleeping when the clock strikes midnight, here are 10 travel tips for the big night and long weekend...
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United plane skids on runway at O'HareDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - The FAA is investigating the circumstances that caused a United Airlines Boeing 737-900 from Seattle with 170 aboard to skid on a snowy runway at O'Hare International Ai...
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Passengers weather uncertainties at O'HareDec 29, 2015 12:00 am - After more than 1,000 cancellations Monday, a degree of normalcy returned to O'Hare International Airport today. But the hangover from snowstorms and freezing rain loca...
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Pyke: What to expect for planes, trains and automobiles in 2016Dec 27, 2015 10:00 pm - More on-time flights at O'Hare? Uber and Lyft battling it out in the suburbs? Pace buses zipping along the I-90 shoulder? With 2015 fading fast, it's time to prognostica...
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Speed limit soon could rise to 70 on I-90, I-355 stretchesDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Tollway directors Thursday voted to allow 70 mph speed limits on the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) between Elgin and Rockford and on the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355) b...
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Environmental study of Route 53 extension approvedDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois tollway leaders agreed to move forward with a study of a Route 53 extension north amid a boardroom full of Lake County residents speaking against and for the pl...
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Runway rotation could ease O'Hare jet noiseDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - Slight changes to flight paths could move airplanes over more highways, industry and parks instead of homes overnight, but that's just one of several vying solutions eme...