Articles filed under Transportation
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How spiking diesel costs translate into higher prices for everyoneMar 28, 2022 5:30 am - Maybe you've been too busy shaking your fist at gas price signs to notice the diesel section. Keep an eye out, experts say, because it's another economic bellwether. As ...
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Algonquin planning $3.5 million in upgrades to Stonegate Road, Bunker Hill DriveMar 27, 2022 1:00 am - Algonquin is taking the first steps to address two roads that are in particularly bad condition, Stonegate Road and Bunker Hill Drive. Fixing those roads has been on the...
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Registration open for Ride Lake County bus serviceMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - Registration is underway for Ride Lake County, a borderless on-demand paratransit bus service that debuts May 1. The service is geared toward riders 60 and over and indi...
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Professional engineer named as interim tollway CEOMar 22, 2022 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway named a professional engineer who has headed up the Central Tri-State expansion as interim executive director, officials announced Tuesday. Lanyea G...
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Metra adds more trains to BNSF line as ridership inches backMar 17, 2022 1:00 am - Morning and afternoon rush-hour Metra BNSF commuters will get more breathing room as the agency increases trains curtailed early in the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Mar...
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Editorial: We need to re-evaluate our relationship with cars in light of gas prices and climate changeMar 16, 2022 1:00 am - If drivers have been reluctant to limit their car use and reduce mileage in the past, they now have two headline-making reasons to reconsider: painful prices at the pump...
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Second top leader exits Illinois tollway amid internal turbulanceMar 15, 2022 1:00 am - Three years after Gov. J.B. Pritzker selected a team to reform the Illinois tollway, the agency's two top leaders are out after a turbulent tenure that included Senate s...
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Pain at the pumps? How to save fuel and money as gas prices soarMar 14, 2022 5:15 am - There's one certainty in a world where gas prices are averaging $4.67 for a gallon of regular. You have the power to reduce how much fuel your vehicle consumes. And here...
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The bridge's last gap: Can new Longmeadow Parkway open (with tolls) in 2023?Mar 12, 2022 12:00 am - Standing at the dead end of a private road just west of the new Longmeadow Parkway bridge over Route 31 is the convergence of all the love and hate for the decadeslong e...
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Renewal time for expired driver's licenses extended through July 31Mar 11, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Friday extended the expiration date for driver's licenses and state IDs, this time through July 31. The last reprieve, issued ...