Articles filed under Pyke, Marni

Menu

Search

Subscribe Log in

Articles filed under Pyke, Marni

COVID-19 or no, road work will happen, Illinois officials say

By Marni Pyke
Mar 30, 2020 5:30 AM - Who wins, COVID-19 or road work? Road work, transportation agencies say.
Jesse White, governors urge later REAL ID deadline

By Marni Pyke
Mar 23, 2020 5:30 AM - With COVID-19, is the Oct. 1 deadline to get Real ID realistic? Some federal lawmakers are urging a one-year delay.
'Dirt log,' highway commissioner's desk calendar among the items sought in FBI raid

By Marni Pyke
Mar 9, 2020 5:30 AM - When federal agents raided the Bloomingdale Township Road Department in January, their targets included Highway Commissioner Robert Czernek's desk calendar, a "dirt log," and financial records involving three construction contractors, a search warrant shows.
Where the sidewalk ends might be far from your Metra station, study finds

By Marni Pyke
Feb 17, 2020 5:30 AM - Thousands of suburbanites drive to a Metra station when they could be walking to it. If you think that's strange, so do urban planners, who point out some stations don't have sidewalk access.
Have you waited a long time at a freight train crossing? The feds want to hear about it.

By Marni Pyke
Jan 20, 2020 12:25 PM - A new federal website lets you name, blame and shame the train causing you pain. Local leaders hope the reporting will help land them federal dollars to build grade separations or pressure railroads to offer operational fixes.
Pot is legal in Illinois, but don't pack it for your next airplane ride

By Marni Pyke
Jan 13, 2020 5:30 AM - Recreational marijuana may be legal in Illinois, but driving with it to Wisconsin -- or flying with it -- is not. Here's what you need to know to stay within the law.
Machines that don't give change add $152,000 to Illinois tollway coffers

By Marni Pyke
Jan 6, 2020 5:30 AM - Keeping the change from cash-paying customers is adding up for the Illinois tollway. The agency pocketed about $152,000 extra in 2019 from people without I-PASS accounts feeding coins or bills into automated machines.
Transportation experts' 2020 forecast: More roadwork, more scooters, more transit riders

By Marni Pyke
Dec 30, 2019 5:30 AM - A reckoning for Boeing, more roadwork and e-scooters, and Metra hiring itself to run the three UP routes are among experts' predictions for 2020.
Tollway boss brings in five former colleagues, at $893,000 a year

By Marni Pyke
Dec 9, 2019 5:30 AM - The Illinois tollway is home sweet home for Chicago Housing Authority execs. Tollway Executive Director José Alvarez, former chief operating officer at the CHA, has brought in five former colleagues for salaries totaling $893,000.
Behind the scenes of a collision prevented over O'Hare: The conclusion

By Marni Pyke
Dec 2, 2019 6:13 AM - The conclusion of this two-parter: Two suburban air traffic controllers give a blow-by-blow on the day they prevented a plane crash near O'Hare.

Show 1-10 of 304 next »

Today's Obituaries

Top Jobs

bottom clear

Sections Search Help/Info close

Search DailyHerald.com for articles

More Ways to Search Daily Herald »
- Obituaries
- Newspaper Archive