Marni Pyke
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How to get to the course in time to hang with Tiger and RorySep 24, 2012 5:30 am - Sunglasses? Check. Plus fours? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Sharpie for autographs? Check. Transportation plan to get you to the Ryder Cup? Che........ Don’t worry. That’s w...
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When will Coolidge and Roskam go head-to-head?Sep 22, 2012 8:00 am - While other candidates are already throwing jabs at each other at public debates, Republican Congressman Peter Roskam and his opponent Democrat Leslie Coolidge have yet ...
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I-PASS transponders may be breaking their silenceSep 21, 2012 5:30 am - Do you ever feel that you and your I-PASS transponder just aren’t talking anymore? Are you tired of those tense, icy silences on drives? The Illinois tollway could have ...
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Tollway customer service contract would aid the visually impairedSep 21, 2012 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway is turning to a nonprofit group to operate its customer service center where most customers turn to for information about I-PASS accounts and missed...
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How objective are $1 million tollway consultants?Sep 20, 2012 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway hopes to learn from its last major construction program before ramping up a new road building initiative, so it’s moving to hire an independent cons...
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Tollway growth leaves homeowners in bad spotSep 16, 2012 11:00 pm - I'm ashamed to admit I went into a slight doze during an Illinois tollway PowerPoint presentation on land acquisition in April. It was prompted by the fact the tollway ...
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Should RTA borrow to fix its transit systems?Sep 14, 2012 6:57 pm - As sales tax revenues that pay for public transit continue to surge upward, should the extra money go to capital needs — new buses and fixing track — or operating costs ...
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Fracas over money leads to RTA gridlockSep 14, 2012 6:15 pm - Old rivalries between the suburbs and Chicago erupted Friday as Regional Transportation Authority leaders feuded over who should get $6 million — Pace, Metra or the CTA....
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More service, new buses, no fare hikes in Pace budgetSep 13, 2012 12:13 pm - After a few years of bumpy rides, Pace is expecting a relatively smooth trip in 2013 as far as its budget goes. The preliminary fiscal plan released Wednesday anticipate...
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Suburbs don't want to play derailment oddsSep 12, 2012 2:00 pm - Freight derailments occur on main line tracks an average of 13 times a year in Chicago and the suburbs, delaying commuter trains, messing up traffic and, in a July 4 tra...