Articles filed under Transportation
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Why were Metra riders on tracks? In Transit has the answerJul 15, 2019 5:30 am - Metra riders are used to coping with the unexpected, but a recent mess at Union Station strained BNSF Line regular Cheryl Cianelli's patience. As passengers waited for d...
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FAA: No need for environmental study on O'Hare noise rotationJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said there's no need to prepare a new environmental study of an interim runway rotation meant to distribute nighttime jet n...
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Chicago Executive Airport proposal would more than double its hangar spaceJul 12, 2019 5:30 am - While Chicago Executive Airport's revised master plan proposal eliminated a much longer main runway, it's offering the possibility of an expansion that would more than d...
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As tollway ends Route 53 extension study, now the question: Do what with that Lake County land?Jul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to correctly attribute a quote to Lake County Board member Jessica Vealitzek. Illinois tollway leaders pulled the plug F...
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Proposed Route 53 extension has long historyJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - • 1962: A north-south link in Lake County first identified as part of a network of highways throughout the Chicago region in the "Metropolitan Transporation Plan." • 196...
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Pilot who crashed near Wheeling crawled out of plane, called 911Jul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Investigators are trying to determine why a small airplane destined for Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling crash landed in a forest preserve about a mile to the north...
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Metra BNSF trains stopped after pedestrian hitJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Trains heading to downtown and back to the suburbs are halted on Metra's BNSF Line after a pedestrian was hit near Berwyn Friday morning. The timing affects thousands of...
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Hub Group breaks ground on second HQ buildingJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - OAK BROOK - Multimodal transportation services company Hub Group recently broke ground on a second building on its Oak Brook headquarters campus in an expansion to meet ...
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Plane crashes near Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling; no injuriesJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - A small plane crashed while trying to land at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Thursday night, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said an Icon A5 ...
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Permanent repairs needed to fix Irving Park Road buckleJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Crews worked into the night Wednesday to repair buckling pavement on eastbound Irving Park Road, just outside of Bensenville. But state transportation officials say it w...