Marni Pyke
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This one's going to hurt - One-mile lane closure on I-90 comingApr 11, 2014 1:01 am - Westbound Jane Addams Tollway drivers on I-90 will find themselves down a lane for a short but significant stretch of road starting this spring. The Illinois tollway is ...
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Will patronage log put Metra on right track?Apr 11, 2014 1:01 am - Powerful politicians and neighbors of Metra officials alike will be entered into a log that is accessible by the public if they inquire about getting someone a job at th...
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Chairman says reclaiming trust key to raising Metra fundsApr 10, 2014 1:00 am - Metra riders know the agency's problems range from political patronage to aging equipment. Chairman Martin Oberman hopes resolving the first issue will give commuters en...
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Investigation clears speaker of meddling in Metra jobsApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - The Illinois General Assembly's inspector general has concluded Speaker Michael Madigan and other legislators did not break any laws, following claims of strong-arming M...
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BNSF riders can expect some variety during track repairsApr 09, 2014 1:00 am - Metra BNSF riders can expect altered schedules and some delays on certain trains later this month as the railroad works to repair some of its basic infrastructure. The b...
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Can lawmakers police themselves in reforming transit?Apr 07, 2014 5:30 am - It's one thing to welcome transit reforms in the abstract. It's quite another when the people recommending the changes say that you are part of the problem. That's the ...
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Train too fast for brakes to stop crash at O'Hare: reportApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - A CTA train was speeding at 26 mph just seconds before it hit a bumper at the end of the track at the Blue Line O'Hare Station and bounced onto an escalator March 24, th...
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3-year-old girl killed in Woodridge murder-suicideApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - A 3-year-old Woodridge girl briefly survived a stabbing attack by her father Friday, only to succumb to her wounds as doctors tried to save her. Zuzanna Bzdek was found ...
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Fermi hosts annual seminar on severe weather, climate changeApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ideally, there would have been lightning and gale-force winds blowing over the particle accelerator at Fermilab Saturday, but sunny skies didn't deter hundreds of meteor...
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CTA fires train operator in Blue Line crash, revises schedulingApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - The woman who fell asleep at the controls of a CTA Blue Line train that catapulted into an escalator March 24 was fired Friday, the agency confirmed. It was the second t...