Marni Pyke
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Metra weathering latest polar episodeJan 27, 2014 8:31 am - Just one challenge — extreme cold — instead of the one-two punch of blowing snow and subzero temperatures earlier this month made for comparatively smooth trips Monday o...
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What now for Metra police force?Jan 27, 2014 4:30 am - “Gaps and vulnerabilities.” An “antiquated and unclear mission.” “Crime going under-addressed.” “Extraordinarily low” arrests. The flaws in the Metra Police Department g...
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Report: Metra police were untrained in firearms, didn’t ride trainsJan 22, 2014 3:48 pm - After months of secrecy, Metra finally released a scathing report Wednesday about its police force that gives details about how officers rarely rode trains and were not ...
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O'Hare's No. 2 — but closing in on Atlanta's Hartsfield-JacksonJan 21, 2014 9:00 am - O'Hare International Airport is still a bridesmaid to its counterpart in Atlanta but narrowed the gap between the two in 2013 when it comes to the world's busiest airpor...
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Mice under the hood and other winter car issuesJan 20, 2014 4:15 am - Cheer up. I know we've got potholes everywhere, switch failures on Metra and more bad weather on the way, but the Chicago Auto Show is coming Feb. 8 and, after that, spr...
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Tickets? Metra working toward an app for thatJan 17, 2014 4:57 pm - Coming this fall, Metra riders could buy tickets on trains using their smartphones and an app. Metra planners said Friday they were preparing to send out a request to fi...
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Metra rethinking its police departmentJan 17, 2014 3:41 pm - Noting that their police force could do better, Metra directors said at a Friday meeting they are looking for a modernized, efficient department in the future. The agenc...
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UP apologizes: ‘Our performance was unacceptable’Jan 17, 2014 8:56 am - A Union Pacific executive apologized Friday at a Metra meeting for stranding passengers and other messups during the “polar vortex” earlier in the month. “I could not b...
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Metra hires firm for police chief transitionJan 16, 2014 5:15 pm - Metra will pay $100,000 over two months to Chicago-based security firm Hillard Heintze as part of a transition of its police force that includes an interim chief. The ag...
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Change in store for coin buckets on tollwayJan 16, 2014 3:00 pm - The Illinois tollway may kick the bucket. Despite the prevalence of I-PASS technology, the tollway still operates 103 coin machines on ramps throughout its system. The t...