Marni Pyke
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Tollway wants accountability in Hoosier toll mistakeAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - With $1.6 million missing in tolls alone from Indiana drivers, one Illinois tollway director wants the company involved in the blunder to account for it. Miscommunicatio...
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Tollway reduces car perk, reviewing transponders and phonesAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Tollway officials are cutting back on company cars issued to employees as they review whether to chop other perks such as transponders. The agency will reduce the number...
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Senator skeptical of $2.5 million deal for Metra consultantsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A state senator is questioning a decision by Metra board directors to hire a law firm to advise them in the wake of a financial scandal. Sen. Susan Garrett, a Lake Fores...
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A person or car on the tracks? 'There's nothing you can do'Aug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - As his train hurtled toward the object lying on the tracks, Union Pacific engineer Jason Burger couldn't tell who or what it was until the last second. "I didn't know it...
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Tollway interim CEO exitsAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The man who headed up the Illinois tollway as it transitioned between two different governors and boards left the agency last week. Michael King, who was the Illinois St...
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Tollway glitch results in thousands of late violation noticesAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - A mix-up in issuing violation notices to Indiana drivers has the Illinois tollway figuring out how to collect an estimated backlog of $7 million from 116,129 Hoosiers. T...
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Dogs rule but not in the car, survey saysAug 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Driving with pets can be a dangerous distraction unless you exercise common-sense precautions, the AAA reported last week. I could have told them that four years ago whe...
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Price tag for signs irks RTA board memberAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - A $475,295 price tag for signs stopped at least one Regional Transportation Authority board director in his tracks Thursday. RTA planners explained that commuters with t...
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New RTA chief talks suburbs, budgets and the private sectorAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority's new chairman sees public-private partnerships as one solution to the budget woes dogging public transit. RTA directors on Thursda...
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RTA chief likely to be named ThursdayAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Developer and McPier chairman expected to lead transit agency