Marni Pyke
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Route 53 extension backers must bridge $2 billion gapOct 22, 2013 2:00 am - Exactly what Lake County backers of a Route 53 extension are willing to give and to give up could make or break the project, which faces an estimated $2 billion shortfal...
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Venting about Ventra, intersection mayhem and the fighting IllianaOct 21, 2013 5:15 am - So much going on in transit world. So little time. Last week a new runway opened at O'Hare, Metra's board is back to full speed, the Illiana Expressway got a shot in the...
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Metra up to full steam, facing financial crossroadsOct 18, 2013 11:00 am - New board directors at Metra, up to full strength after an exodus this summer, waded into funding issues Friday after a budget presentation that projected no fare increa...
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New O'Hare runway: Which suburbs get noise now?Oct 18, 2013 5:15 am - Chicago left behind past battles with the suburbs in opening a new runway at O'Hare International Airport Thursday, but new turbulence lies ahead over noise and a promis...
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Planning board approves Illiana Expressway constructionOct 17, 2013 11:00 pm - Amid a split among suburban leaders, the controversial Illiana Expressway received a shot in the arm Thursday when a planning board endorsed the road, marking a signific...
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Task force: transit agencies selfish, scandal-riddenOct 16, 2013 2:00 pm - Systemic corruption, turf wars and inefficiencies are dragging down the region's transit agencies, a scathing report by a state task force concludes. “Portions of the tr...
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Transit funding spat resolved; consultant says status quo not workingOct 15, 2013 10:49 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the amount of the discretionary funds. After weeks of feuding, the Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, Pace and th...
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Illiana Expressway plan looks like it will passOct 14, 2013 5:30 am - If I could get away with it, I’d start accepting bets on the fate of the Illiana Expressway when it goes to a vote Thursday before a powerful committee of the Chicago Me...
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Naperville walkers share memories of their 'angels'Oct 12, 2013 4:00 pm - Tiny Savannah Rae Dussman only lived four days, but her parents have a lifetime of memories. “She was beautiful,” Courtney Dussman said of the daughter who died of a rar...
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Back to prison for Edward hospital thiefOct 12, 2013 2:29 pm - Preying on vulnerable patients at Edward Hospital in Naperville turned into an 11-year prison term for a 29-year-old Chicago man last week, according to a spokesman for ...