Marni Pyke
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They make cents, but do toll rates make sense?Jun 24, 2012 11:00 pm - If I think about toll rates for too long it hurts my brain. Consider the following: Ÿ If you drive the full length of each tollway, the Reagan Memorial (I-88) and Jane A...
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Tri-State is toll system’s top breadwinnerJun 18, 2012 10:45 am - From the industrial sprawl at the Indiana border to the bucolic Lake County greenery that signals the approach of Wisconsin, the Tri-State Tollway (I-94/I-294/I-80) tell...
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Former tollway contractor now on the outsJun 15, 2012 9:39 pm - The Illinois tollway Friday slapped a three-year suspension on a contractor it has paid millions to for engineering and construction management work and whose executives...
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It's go time for Rt. 47 interchange construction workJun 13, 2012 4:00 pm - Construction crews start preparations Thursday on a $69 million Route 47 interchange project that will open the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) to the west for Huntley area r...
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Satisfaction doesn’t come cheap for transit ridersJun 11, 2012 1:41 pm - A majority of transit riders are satisfied with Metra, Pace and CTA service, according to a survey that cost about $435,000 and took three years to generate. More than ...
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Transportation poetry slam: Take a minute so someone can win itJun 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Inside every driver who loves to get behind the wheel is a poet waiting to get out. And that's what I'm here for. Multiple readers channeled their inner Shakespeare to ...
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Metra compensation study sparks questionsJun 08, 2012 1:56 pm - While a lengthy PowerPoint on an employee classification and compensation study might lull some officials into a slight doze, a presentation Friday by Metra had the oppo...
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NATO summit over but effects still felt at MetraJun 08, 2012 1:55 pm - There’s no way to recoup the $800,000 in lost revenues and expenses the NATO summit cost Metra, officials said Friday. The two-day gathering brought world leaders and pr...
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Pace joins CTA in universal fare systemJun 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Commuters who use both Pace and CTA know what a pain it can be to deal with separate fare systems. But a new deal between the agencies will not only provide an uninterru...
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9 Red Line stations including White Sox will close in 2013 for rebuildJun 04, 2012 1:00 pm - Suburbanites heading to Chinatown or U.S. Cellular Field by transit next spring will need to come up with a new game plan as the CTA temporarily shuts down nine Red Line...