Articles filed under Tollways
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No oasis from ads, tollway contemplates electronic billboards at rest stopsMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - There's money to be made selling ads on tollway oases but the public won't see any payoff in the foreseeable future. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority officials are ...
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Hoping for another lane? IDOT targets the IkeMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - The Eisenhower Expressway and I go way back. It's one of those dysfunctional relationships. I've driven the Ike through two excruciating resurfacing projects and one rec...
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Illinois tollway, Argonne team up on fuel solutionsMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - They can chase down bad guys and frighten speeding motorists into slowing down to a crawl on sight. But how fuel efficient are the squad cars Illinois State Police troop...
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Tollway political hires fired for slacking off, harassmentMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - Good connections don't necessarily mean good attitudes for a few current and former toll road employees. Sleeping on the job, bucking authority and creating a hostile wo...
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Rosemont breaks ground on Balmoral off-rampMay 05, 2011 12:00 am - Rosemont broke ground Wednesday on a $14.2 million off-ramp project on the northbound Tri-State Tollway at Balmoral Avenue. The village entered into an intergovernmental...
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Tollway naming rights worth exploringMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - Drive along I-90/94 in Chicago and you go past U.S. Cellular Field while on the Dan Ryan Expressway and see the signs to United Center and Wrigley Field while on the Ken...
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Tollway makes it easier to check violationsApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - If you get a violation notice from the Illinois tollway that seems suspect, there’s a way to check online whether it’s your vehicle that missed the toll. After a test pe...
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Schlickman talks Metra scandal, piling on Pace and suburban transitApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - After five years trying to make the CTA, Pace and Metra play nice as well as squeeze money out of Springfield, former RTA Executive Director Steve Schlickman is in a bet...
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Toughen up distracted driving lawsApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - We have opined several times in this space on the dangers of distracted driving. But as Secretary of State Jesse White and other transportation leaders wrote to us recen...
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Will new tolls be added to pay to widen I-90?Apr 19, 2011 12:00 am - Charging drivers extra to jump on an express lane during rush-hour could solve how the Illinois tollway pays for rebuilding and widening the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90). ...