Articles filed under Pace
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Express buses on the Tri-State? Pace revving its engines with funding influxJul 29, 2019 5:30 am - After years of being relegated to meager portions and last-in-line status of local transit agencies, Pace suburban bus finds itself with the means to do something big. W...
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Did Pace make a clout hiring, or are critics making 'absurd claims'?Mar 04, 2019 4:30 am - Pace officials are defending the agency against claims of age discrimination and political nepotism entwined in a federal lawsuit. Lawrence Gress of Downers Grove, a for...
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InTransit: New Pace leader envisions possible Uber collaborationJan 07, 2019 4:30 am - Unconventional thinking has kept Pace alive so far but the reinvention of the suburban bus agency must continue, said Rocky Donahue, Pace's new acting executive director...
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Pace IT expert from Schaumburg sentenced in kickback schemeDec 01, 2018 12:00 am - A former Pace administrator who scammed thousands from the suburban bus service was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Friday by a federal judge, officials said. R...
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Metra's threat of service cuts fails to grab state's attentionOct 15, 2018 5:30 am - Two separate but related transportation news stories surfaced back-to-back last week. On Tuesday, Metra released the proposed 2019 budget with no fare increases but dir...
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Transit fare hikes unlikely for rest of 2018 under new state budgetJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Metra, Pace and CTA experts are still digesting the state budget finalized Monday but two of the three agencies already say they expect no fare hikes this year despite t...
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Shoulder-riding buses expand to Edens ExpresswayApr 16, 2018 1:00 am - Mild-mannered Pace bus Route 620 has a secret identity. Once traffic slows to 35 mph on the Edens Expressway, it morphs into Route 620 Bus on Shoulder, capable of poweri...
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Steel tariffs could bring higher construction prices in IllinoisMar 12, 2018 5:30 am - As details coalesce around President Donald Trump's tariff clampdown on steel, local builders and Republican congressmen are uneasy about fallout affecting suburban proj...
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Take a survey about transit needsFeb 12, 2018 12:00 am - An online survey for transit needs in Lake County is available to those who missed recent community meetings. A Paratransit Market Study is underway to evaluate transpor...
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Transportation experts' predictions for 2018 in Chicago, suburbsDec 31, 2017 12:00 am - Goodbye to 2017, a bumpy trip for fliers, drivers and riders. Turbulence began early with a passenger being hauled off a United Airlines flight at O'Hare, and the year e...