Marni Pyke
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Want to ditch the drop-off line? Maybe there’s a Bike Bus in your kid’s futureAug 09, 2026 1:35 pm - Active Transportation Alliance experts give tips on how Chicagoans and suburbanites can set up a parent-led Bike Bus program for school kids.
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Forever toll increases? Some question rationale of tollway’s plan to raise rates every two yearsAug 02, 2026 12:00 pm - Hidden amid the sticker shock of the Illinois tollway’s proposed 57% hike on passenger vehicle rates beginning next year is a biannual cost-of-living increase that would follow. Here’s what that would look like.
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RTA sales tax hike aimed at transit upgrades kicks in SaturdayJul 31, 2026 5:55 pm - City and suburban residents will see an uptick in the Regional Transit Authority sales tax Saturday as a provision of a major public transportation overhaul goes into effect.
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‘It’s horrible’: Body of missing worker found in Downers Grove sewerJul 28, 2026 10:59 am - Downers Grove residents reacted with shock and sorrow Tuesday after a contract worker was killed in a storm sewer amid tempestuous weather.
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‘I was unable to speak’: Autism advocates laud statewide Blue Envelope Program for traffic stopsJul 27, 2026 6:28 pm - Popular with drivers with autism and police, a Blue Envelope Program designed to de-stress encounters goes live across Illinois in 2027.
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A rear-end collision, ghosting and a claim denial: How to prevent insurance implosionsJul 26, 2026 8:30 pm - Daily Herald transportation writer Marni Pyke learned firsthand the complication of dealing with insurance after an accident. Here’s what happened after her car was rear-ended on the Eisenhower Expressway.
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Cologne caper: ‘Eau de Fraud’ YouTuber probe uncovers $250,000 con job, sheriff saysJul 25, 2026 7:29 pm - Cook County sheriff’s investigation results in mail fraud charges against a YouTube personality accused of a perfume scam.
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1 killed, 2 others hospitalized after pre-dawn crash in Barrington HillsJul 25, 2026 2:34 pm - Police said speed appeared to be a “contributing factor” in an early morning crash that killed a teenager and injured two other people Saturday in Barrington Hills.
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Wheaton man faces meth charges after high-speed chase through Naperville neighborhoodJul 25, 2026 10:36 am - A Wheaton man who led Naperville police on a chase after they detected drugs in his car faces possession charges, authorities said Friday.
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‘Taxation on auto-pilot’ vs. ‘an economic engine’: Speakers take sides on toll hikeJul 22, 2026 8:01 pm - Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey blasts the tollway’s proposed rate hike while Kane County Chair Corrine Pierog defends it at an Aurora hearing.