Articles filed under Transportation
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Stretch of Rollins Road closing for culvert replacementOct 02, 2018 1:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation will close Rollins Road to through traffic from Fairfield Road to Wilson Road between Round Lake Heights and Ingleside startin...
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Metra cited as model for preventing train fatalitiesOct 01, 2018 5:33 am - Metra technician Matt White was focused on installing equipment high atop the roof of the Van Buren Street Station Feb. 6 when the alarmed face of a conductor in a passi...
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Round Lake Beach Fireside Chat to feature Metra chairmanOct 01, 2018 1:00 am - Metra board chairman Norman Carlson will be the guest next week when the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center hosts its monthly Fireside Chat. The evening begins at ...
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Work beginning Thursday on downtown Libertyville Metra stationOct 01, 2018 1:00 am - Installation of construction fencing around the perimeter of the downtown Libertyville Metra station will begin Thursday, preventing public access to the building and di...
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Goodbye, SUV: Metra video of staged crash shows why trains always winOct 01, 2018 1:00 am - It was a setup and no one was harmed - but the video of a Metra locomotive pounding into an SUV and tossing it like a toy still evokes a wince. Officials with the commut...
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How you can drive up to three new vehicles a month at Naperville dealershipSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - There's buying a car, borrowing a car, leasing a car, inheriting a car, renting a car, and now, at a family-owned dealership in Naperville, there's a new option: subscri...
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More input on jet noise, protection against being bumped in new FAA rulesSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - A law empowering flyers and residents hit by jet noise passed with strong backing from Democrats and Republicans in the midst of a partisan war over a Supreme Court nomi...
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Pritzker: Expanding gambling for road funds worth a look, but mileage tax too experimentalSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Expanding gambling in Illinois could help pay for roads and bridges, J.B. Pritzker told the Daily Herald editorial board, while distancing himself from a politically vol...
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Illinois 200: Illinois' long (and sometimes rocky) romance with trains enduresSep 24, 2018 5:30 am - Trains brought Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois, transported southern blacks escaping Jim Crow laws to Chicago and now carry a labor force of thousands between th...
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Cadre of GOP insiders getting big salaries at Illinois tollwaySep 22, 2018 1:00 am - In less than two years, the Illinois tollway has hired six Republican insiders for high-level jobs that collectively pay nearly $916,000 a year, including a former elect...