Articles filed under Metra
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Metra train strikes, kills man in Des PlainesAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - A man in his 40s died after he was hit by an outbound Metra train on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line late Tuesday afternoon in Des Plaines. The man was pronounced dead ...
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Pyke: Are I-355 traffic delays the protesters' fault?Aug 25, 2014 5:00 am - Protest all you want, but don't cause an accident or delay my commute. That was how a majority of readers responded to last week's column on Overpasses for America demon...
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Metra could get extra RTA money for improvementsAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - New budget proposals from the Regional Transportation Authority break from tradition by distributing a 2 percent share of much sought-after funds to Metra. Previously th...
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Pyke: Highway bridge protests exercise free speech, but irk driversAug 18, 2014 5:00 am - Rush hour on southbound I-355 near Lombard. Traffic is moving at a decent clip when it inexplicably jams up. Accident? Roadwork? Neither. Instead, it's a gaper's block a...
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Metra service expansion called unlikely in face of shortfallAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Dreams of Metra service expansions from new stations to extra trains are pie in the sky, and it's time to recognize that reality when planning for the future, officials ...
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Editorial: All of us have work to do to make rails saferAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - Rail safety expert Lanny Wilson pretty succinctly described the state of efforts to protect people from the dangers of crossing railroad tracks. Wilson's take, quoted in...
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Railroad accidents underscore safety conference's missionAug 11, 2014 5:00 am - A driver who ignored lowered crossing gates and headed into the path of a train and a brother and sister killed on a Metra line provided textbook examples of the importa...
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Des Plaines to help pay for Metra station coffee shopAug 10, 2014 1:01 am - Des Plaines aldermen last week approved providing up to $15,000 to help fund construction of a coffee shop inside the city's downtown Metra station. The money, to be pro...
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Last segment of Washington Street to be widened next yearAug 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Drivers may be tired of roadwork, but Lake County already is thinking ahead with another big project expected to take two years to build. Actually dual projects to be do...
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Metra restores full service this morning on BNSF lineAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - Metra riders whose rush-hour commute home imploded Thursday afternoon after two people were killed on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Line should only see minor delays ...