Articles filed under Tollways
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Pyke: Your guide to the 2015 road construction seasonApr 06, 2015 5:30 am - Remember the steering-wheel-gripping, blood-pressure-rising, fist-shaking, fall-to-your-knees-and-curse-the-sky construction season angst of 2014? Consider that to be a ...
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Pyke: Could tolls go up based on inflation?Mar 30, 2015 5:30 am - In the midst of zzzzz-inducing language like “travel demand models” in a wonky 27-page report on extending Route 53 into Lake County is an idea guaranteed to wake you up...
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Tollway: Use our free Wi-Fi, don't text and driveMar 30, 2015 1:00 am - For those who must call or text while on the road, the Illinois tollway is promoting stopping at oases with free Wi-Fi as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness M...
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Tollway sets higher speed limits, bucks state lawMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - Faster legal speeds on many Illinois toll roads got a thumb's up from the agency's board Thursday but will face scrutiny from state lawmakers in April. The changes invol...
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Pyke: Oberweis, tollway showdown emerging over 70 mphMar 23, 2015 5:30 am - New speed limits of 60 to 65 mph on toll roads proposed by agency officials have steamed state Sen. Jim Oberweis, sponsor of a 2014 law setting a 70 mph limit, and point...
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Wolf Road in Des Plaines faces temporary closuresMar 22, 2015 1:00 am - Temporary, daytime lane closures on Wolf Road in Des Plaines are scheduled this week as work begins to rebuild the bridge carrying the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90...
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Tollway wants would-be Don Drapers to coin safety slogansMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - “Got bail?” “I'm not lovin' it ... when you text and drive.” “Just do it — buckle up.” The Illinois tollway is offering a chance for advertising executive wannabe's t...
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Tollway speed limits in suburbs likely going upMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - Speed limits might be increasing by 5 to 10 mph this summer on several segments of the tollway that run through the suburbs. Higher speed limits on parts of I-294, I-88...
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Illinois Tollway warns of email phishing scamMar 06, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Tollway officials say no customer accounts were compromised in a recent scam involving fake emails. They are warning the email phishing...
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Vehicles could compare notes about hazards on I-90Mar 02, 2015 12:00 am - If U.S. Department of Transportation agrees, the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) will become a high-speed laboratory for "connected cars" that alert drivers of approaching ha...