Marni Pyke
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Free rides for seniors to get scrutinyOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - During a week when the CTA faces outrage from commuters about increasing train fares to $3 and Pace contemplates bus route cuts and raising fares for disabled riders, th...
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Free rides for seniors proving too costly for RTAOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers could revisit a plan to restrict the free rides for seniors program to those with limited incomes even as a study shows its impact is costing cash-str...
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Proposed Pace fare hikes, service cuts lead to standoffOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A messy and emotional confrontation between Pace officials and disabled riders this afternoon subsided into prayers that the suburban bus agency would not raise rates. P...
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Transit agencies weigh service cuts, rate hikesOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - An audit of Pace paratransit service for disabled riders gives the agency decent grades - but finds room for improvement. However, some of its recommendations could cost...
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Looking over Pace, RTA travel expensesOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - If you want to see how thrifty a company is, dig into their travel and expense reports. Through a Freedom of Information Act request, I looked at Pace and RTA expenses f...
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Pace contemplating service cuts, fare hikesSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Pace will hold hearings this month on proposals to slash or reduce service on more than 50 bus routes serving the suburbs and raise paratransit fares. The transit agency...
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Hoffman Estates woman charged with kidnapping daughterSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge set bond at $10,000 Monday for a Hoffman Estates mother charged with child abduction after authorities said she took off with her baby daughter and t...
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Queasy rider finds you can't get there from here in 30 minutesSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - On a good day, driving to work takes about 30 minutes from Downers Grove to Arlington Heights. Friday it took three hours. And that was a good day using public transit t...
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'Green lanes' plan withers but other projects sprout upSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois tollway Green Lanes program touted by Gov. Rod Blagojevich just weeks before his arrest last year is dead, although the agency is moving forward on part of ...
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Changes to freight plan annoy EJ&E neighborsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A proposal to scale back part of a freight train congestion-relief project caught criticism from a coalition opposing the Canadian National Railway's purchase of the EJ&...