Articles filed under Transportation
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Mulder will leave Metra when term ends in JuneSep 12, 2013 5:30 am - Former Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder says she will leave the embattled Metra board when her term ends next June. Mulder had been mentioned as a potential contend...
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Expect traffic delays near Rosemont starting ThursdaySep 11, 2013 4:00 pm - Motorists traveling to Rosemont hotels, restaurants, or the Allstate Arena can look forward to traffic snarls starting Thursday when the Illinois Department of Transport...
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Barbosa, DeWitte get nod on transit appointmentsSep 10, 2013 5:00 pm - A retired federal judge and a former mayor, both praised for their “trustworthiness” are now charged with representing Kane County's mass transit interests. Kane County ...
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Amtrak train from Chicago hits 18-wheelerSep 10, 2013 3:38 pm - TCHULA, Miss. — Amtrak’s City of New Orleans train hit an 18-wheeler in Mississippi on Tuesday morning, tearing through a trailer filled with corn and sending two people...
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DuPage leaders feud over transit panel, Metra pickSep 10, 2013 12:00 pm - DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin admonished a county board member Tuesday for canceling public transit committee meetings and not discussing several “pressing” is...
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Ex-DuPage County Board member Zediker confirmed for Metra boardSep 10, 2013 7:55 am - A former DuPage County Board member has been named the county’s next representative on the embattled Metra board. County board members on Tuesday confirmed John Zediker’...
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Metra board rebuilding enough to pick chairman, CEOSep 10, 2013 5:30 am - With the Chicago mayor's pick of former alderman Martin Oberman to serve as a Metra director, the board now is expected to have the magic number — eight — to pick a perm...
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Mundelein again backs Route 53 extension planSep 10, 2013 5:30 am - Only one trustee remains a holdout
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Using Ventra on CTA, Pace will get better, officials saySep 10, 2013 5:15 am - There are still some bumps in the road as Pace and the CTA move to Ventra, the new fare system that debuted Monday. The Daily Herald conducted a test run of Ventra and f...
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Caught in red-light merry-go-roundSep 10, 2013 5:00 am - If you live long enough you may incur what I call the “Mikado syndrome.” As in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta it must be “a source of innocent merriment” to someone a...