Marni Pyke
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RTA may spend $5 million on transit ads, denies cronyismMay 19, 2014 1:01 am - RTA board members are poised to vote Wednesday on a $5 million marketing contract with the firm that handled campaign ads for Attorney General Lisa Madigan's 2010 electi...
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Metra to use federal, state funds to speed up serviceMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Metra windfall of about $11 million in federal and state funds should help reduce freight train congestion and address delays related to winter conditions. The agency ...
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Pace hitting the streets to explain VentraMay 15, 2014 1:01 am - With just weeks to go before Pace and the CTA drop the existing fare system and switch over to its replacement, Ventra, the suburban bus agency will hold a series of out...
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Tollway gives details of latest construction loanMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway's $500 million bond sale this month is the first of two expected this year to help fund a $12 billion construction program. The tollway sold $500 mi...
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O'Hare flights back to normal after problems TuesdayMay 13, 2014 1:00 am - For the second time in less than a year, fire-related concerns caused the evacuation of an Elgin air traffic control facility with resulting travel nightmares nationwide...
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Does tollway official have conflict over Quinn donations?May 12, 2014 5:30 am - An Illinois tollway director appointed by Pat Quinn also heads a union that is a major financial player in the governor's re-election campaign, most recently giving $250...
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Metra picks state police veteran to reform its PDMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - Metra administrators hope an Illinois State Police administrator with experience in the field as a trooper and investigator can point their police force in the right dir...
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Who pays for Route 53 extension?May 08, 2014 1:01 am - Members of an Illinois tollway advisory council tossed around ideas to fund a Route 53 extension Thursday, noting that sharing the cost regionally instead of locally wil...
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Why more tolls could be coming to area freewaysMay 05, 2014 5:00 am - Sometimes it's a stretch to take federal legislation and relate it to suburban issues. Other times, the correlation is as plain as converting freeways to tollways. Yes, ...
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How Elmhurst Road diverging diamond should workMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois tollway planners predict drivers and pedestrians - guided by traffic signals - will find navigating the Elmhurst Road and Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) interchange...