Articles filed under Tollways
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Questions persist on tollway's no-transponder feeOct 09, 2017 5:30 am - What happened to the Illinois tollway's softer approach to nudging I-PASS customers who drive through tolls without transponders into getting one? Effective in 2018, the...
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No I-PASS transponder in your car? You're going to pay double in 3 monthsSep 28, 2017 1:00 am - I-PASS customers are running out of time to obtain transponders before the Illinois tollway enacts a penalty for vehicles without them. Currently, when a driver goes thr...
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Full interchange at Route 47 and I-88 moves aheadSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - Most partial Illinois tollway interchanges had one purpose when they were built - get drivers to and from Chicago. But the intersection of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I...
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Did you see hit-and-run that killed tollway worker? Police seek tipsSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - Police are asking the public to help find a semitrailer driver involved in a hit-and-run that killed an Illinois tollway worker Monday. David M. Schwarz, a 48-year-old e...
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Editorial: Take highway work-zone safety seriouslySep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - In early spring, the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Tollway issued the standard yearly plea for motorists to be on their best behavior in constructio...
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Search continues for driver who hit, killed tollway workerSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - David M. Schwarz worked "on the front line" of the Illinois tollway's 292-mile system and died trying to make the roads safer, agency leaders said Tuesday. Illinois Stat...
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Tollway worker killed in hit-and-run crash along the Tri-StateSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are looking for the driver of a semitrailer that struck and killed an Illinois tollway maintenance worker Monday afternoon. The 48-year-old man, wh...
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'SmartRoad' technology on Jane Addams TollwaySep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Tollway leaders turned on the Jane Addams Tollway's “SmartRoad” Tuesday, activating 29 dynamic message boards that display real-time traffic information and allow for ex...
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No transponder? I-PASS users could see tolls double in 2018 if they buck the systemSep 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Got one I-PASS transponder but multiple cars? It could cost you in 2018 as the Illinois tollway cracks down on I-PASS users that drive through tolls without transponders...
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No joy in strike, auto mechanics sayAug 28, 2017 5:37 am - Heat waves. Obscene gestures. Random acts of kindness. Honks of support. It's Week 4 on the picket line for members of Automobile Mechanics Local 701, and the thrill is ...