Marni Pyke
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Ventra adventure on Metra shows app has potentialSep 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Got the Ventra app loaded. Bought a Metra ticket. Activated the ticket. Now the moment of truth — will my Metra conductor accept this virtual ticket as legal tender? Or ...
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American Airlines flights grounded by mysterious computer glitchSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - It was smooth flying for American Airlines passengers across most of the U.S. Thursday morning - unless you happened to be traveling through Chicago, Miami or Dallas, wh...
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Metra 'still working out' whether to hike faresSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Metra riders will have to wait for definitive answers on whether fares will spike in 2016. Last fall, agency leaders unrolled an ambitious 10-year modernization plan in...
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Possible break in fines for Elgin-O'Hare Expressway users without an I-PASSSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway could cut fines in half for drivers who aren't enrolled in I-PASS on the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway (Route 390) when the all-electronic corridor starts...
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Lake County takes case for Route 53 to tollway boardSep 14, 2015 1:00 am - With opponents of a Route 53 extension into Lake County on the move, proponents lobbied the Illinois tollway to give the project some momentum Monday. Lake County Admini...
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Pace budget spells out service expansion, hike in cash faresSep 10, 2015 1:00 am - Pace's 2016 draft budget is a mixed bag that proposes service expansion and a fare increase of 25 cents for cash-paying riders plus warns of a paratransit shortfall, whi...
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Will new sales pitch increase Metra ridership?Sep 10, 2015 1:00 am - What will it take to get you on a train? Metra is betting a new image and advertising can do the job. The commuter rail agency Thursday asked interested marketing firms ...
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Trooper killed in crash honored with tollway overpassSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - A permanent reminder about the human cost of dangerous driving will now be seen by millions who travel on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). State officials Tuesday renamed ...
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United pays ousted CEO $4.88 million to leave; will O'Hare be affected?Sep 08, 2015 1:00 am - United Airlines absorbed a one-two punch Tuesday as CEO Jeffery Smisek resigned with a hefty payout amid a federal investigation, and the carrier's website malfunctioned...
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Prepare for exit, lane changes on I-90, I-88, I-290Sep 04, 2015 1:00 am - Flexibility is the way to survive for drivers this coming week with some tweaks on the Jane Addams (I-90) and Reagan Memorial (I-88) tollways as well as I-290. • For sta...