Articles filed under Transportation
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RTA needs to refine its focusJun 11, 2012 5:00 am - The Regional Transportation Authority recently suggested that CTA, Metra and Pace work more closely to consolidate services and save money. Your newspaper rightly report...
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Transportation poetry slam: Take a minute so someone can win itJun 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Inside every driver who loves to get behind the wheel is a poet waiting to get out. And that's what I'm here for. Multiple readers channeled their inner Shakespeare to ...
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Metra compensation study sparks questionsJun 08, 2012 1:56 pm - While a lengthy PowerPoint on an employee classification and compensation study might lull some officials into a slight doze, a presentation Friday by Metra had the oppo...
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NATO summit over but effects still felt at MetraJun 08, 2012 1:55 pm - There’s no way to recoup the $800,000 in lost revenues and expenses the NATO summit cost Metra, officials said Friday. The two-day gathering brought world leaders and pr...
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Coffee shop coming to Mt. Prospect train stationJun 08, 2012 12:00 pm - Commuters using Mount Prospect's downtown Metra station will soon again be getting their morning coffee jolt. This week, the village board gave its approval to a lease w...
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Pace joins CTA in universal fare systemJun 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Commuters who use both Pace and CTA know what a pain it can be to deal with separate fare systems. But a new deal between the agencies will not only provide an uninterru...
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Editorial: Transit savings are ready to be foundJun 07, 2012 5:00 am - The salvos have been fired and it’s apparent that there’s plenty of work to be done to save money among the transportation agencies that govern our trains and buses in t...
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Congressmen say going through airport security should be simplerJun 05, 2012 5:30 am - Security screenings at airports have disrupted sophisticated terrorist plots, but going through the system should get easier for passengers, Rep. Mike Rogers, an Alabama...
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Hanover Park’s Longmeadow Lane Bridge closed after inspectionJun 04, 2012 3:52 pm - The village of Hanover Park has closed the Longmeadow Lane Bridge to all traffic between Irving Park Road and Westchester Drive. Public Works Director Howard Killian sa...
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9 Red Line stations including White Sox will close in 2013 for rebuildJun 04, 2012 1:00 pm - Suburbanites heading to Chinatown or U.S. Cellular Field by transit next spring will need to come up with a new game plan as the CTA temporarily shuts down nine Red Line...