Marni Pyke
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Avoid rush hour and get to the airport early this holidayMay 20, 2015 1:00 am - Friday is B-Day, as in busy, at O'Hare and Midway International Airports as Americans mark the unofficial start of summer with the Memorial Day holiday. Air travel is ti...
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Drivers keep on truckin' despite toll hikeMay 20, 2015 1:00 am - A lot of truckers are still using toll roads despite a rate hike that went into effect Jan. 1. At a finance committee meeting Wednesday, tollway financial staffers rep...
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Which driving behavior leads to the most road rage?May 18, 2015 5:30 am - Just a typical commute. Inching along I-355 on automatic pilot, and then, it happens. Mr. Speedy cuts right in front, and your rush-hour inertia morphs into fist-shaking...
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Florida toll agency doesn't hire Illinois tollway executiveMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Florida toll agency chose an internal candidate as its new chief out of a field that included Illinois tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur. The Illinois tollway ...
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IDOT highway plan has a grim prognosisMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Announcements about the state's multiyear highway improvement plan usually are full of hype and hope. But this version with an $8.4 billion road program could be the mos...
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Metra months away on ticket appMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Metra riders anxious to get their fingers working on a smartphone ticket app will need to wait until fall. Planners said there are a lot of intricacies still to work out...
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Stopping train derailments here: Pricey brake system months, years awayMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - With speed emerging as a possible cause of the fatal Amtrak derailment Tuesday in Philadelphia, many freight and passenger railroads including Metra are at least months ...
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Aurora, Barrington ask judge to throw out oil train rulesMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - Barrington and Aurora are taking the federal government to court in hopes of getting a rewrite of oil train regulations. Recent rules issued by the U.S. Pipeline and Haz...
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Freight train hazmat leaks increase significantly in 2014May 11, 2015 5:30 am - More than 4,150 gallons of hazardous materials leaked in Illinois from freight train cars in 2014. To put that into context, it's 22 times more than in 2013, when 187 ga...
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More details on Midway crash that killed former DuPage deputyMay 11, 2015 1:00 am - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a retired DuPage sheriff's deputy and father of three after a vehi...