Marni Pyke
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RTA vote allows CTA borrowingJan 16, 2013 10:59 am - A vote by RTA directors Wednesday ended the latest transit funding crisis, giving the CTA a green light to borrow $1 billion over the next three years for improvements. ...
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O’Hare human heads claimed, but FBI not releasing them yetJan 14, 2013 8:14 pm - A cremation service on Tuesday claimed 18 human heads uncovered by an X-ray last month at O’Hare International Airport to the surprise of U.S. Customs and Border Protect...
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Readers lament Amtrak delays, baggage bedlamJan 13, 2013 10:00 pm - Judging from recent letters, it's been a season of discontent for In Transit readers stymied in their simple desire to get from Point A to Point B without incident. Idea...
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Tollway traffic cameras give the bad or good newsJan 08, 2013 9:37 am - Do you want to know how slow your commute will be? Or would you prefer the bumper-to-bumper trip to be a pleasant surprise? Drivers who want the bad news in advance can...
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Are tolls in future for Circle Interchange?Jan 07, 2013 2:11 pm - Carpooling or tolls could be a feature of the rebuilt Circle Interchange just west of Chicago’s Loop, Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider said ...
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Battery dream team will spark innovations in cars, gridJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Imagine an electric car that costs less than $40,000 and runs on a battery which doesn't fill half the vehicle. Imagine a battery with the capacity to store wind and sol...
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Illinois tollway revenue up in 2012, despite boycott threatsJan 04, 2013 1:24 pm - They swore to boycott the Illinois tollway after rates spiked in 2012, but everything from bad weather to kamikaze deer to sheer convenience kept many drivers on toll ro...
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Planes, trains and automobiles: A look at 2013Dec 30, 2012 10:00 pm - Today we will journey — to the future! Sort of. Four experts have lent their visionary powers to this column to forecast the major transportation stories of 2013. But f...
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Toll hikes, NATO among 2012's top transit storiesDec 23, 2012 10:00 pm - Read-them-and-weep gas prices. A failed plan to institute speed cameras in the suburbs. The completion of Wacker Drive construction — finally. The extinction of the Prai...
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Making railroad crossings safer is father's crusadeDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Second of three parts Lauren Wilson is frozen in time as a sweet-faced 14-year-old who told her father she wanted to follow in Ronald Reagan's path “from the silver...