Articles filed under Transportation
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Riders question scaled-back Metra planAug 22, 2016 5:00 am - They're doing what? Metra's announcement the railroad is scaling back its $2.4 billion capital plan that promised new railcars and locomotives has caught riders off-gua...
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Caterpillar moving some mine-truck work to DecaturAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - DECATUR - Caterpillar Inc. plans to move some manufacturing from North Carolina to its plant in Decatur as part of a restructuring announced this week. But it is not cle...
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Dispatching problems spark Metra delays today on Union PacificAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Metra is warning Union Pacific riders to expect delays ranging from 10 to 30 minutes. The line runs between Chicago and Waukegan. "Currently there are three trains on t...
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Traffic info at your fingertipsAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Lake County PASSAGE is an Intelligent Transportation System designed to provide motorists real time traffic congestion information through the PASSAGE website, email not...
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Construction on O'Hare runways might affect noise rotation testAug 17, 2016 5:00 am - Residents following the Chicago Department of Aviation's runway rotation experiment should watch for possible schedule changes in the coming weeks related to constructio...
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Last chance for Longmeadow opponents to voice concerns?Aug 17, 2016 5:00 am - A public hearing set for the end of August might be the final time outside a courtroom that Longmeadow Parkway opponents will get significant time to voice concerns abou...
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Train blocks Elgin intersection for almost 4 hoursAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - A freight train that had blocked McLean Boulevard south of Big Timber Road in Elgin for nearly four hours started running again shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police De...
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Sewer break causing minor problems at Union Station fixedAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - Amtrak has fixed a sewer break that caused riders who use the north concourse at Chicago Union Station to tweak their entrance to the facility Monday afternoon. Metra ha...
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Shouting match erupts during discussion of O'Hare runway rotationAug 15, 2016 1:00 pm - ONCC Fly Quiet ad hoc committee Chairman Joseph Annunzio was incorrectly identified in a Tuesday news story. An O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission meeting was an...
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Tollway's 'mother ship' chews up concrete, spits out savings on I-90Aug 15, 2016 5:30 am - Inching along on the Jane Addams Tollway in construction land, two questions arise. Which movie dystopia is the dusty landscape dotted with hills of rubble more reminis...