Articles filed under Transportation
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Metra, Pace and the CTA waste money, RTA chief saysSep 14, 2013 11:00 pm - Metra. Pace and the CTA throw away money every year by failing to coordinate purchasing and scare off potential vendors with an isolated silo mentality, Regional Transpo...
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Metra, Pace and the CTA waste money, RTA chief saysSep 14, 2013 5:17 pm - Metra. Pace and the CTA throw away money every year by failing to coordinate purchasing and scare off potential vendors with an isolated silo mentality, Regional Transpo...
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Round Lake area’s Washington Street work to begin in earnest TuesdaySep 14, 2013 8:00 am - Widening and rebuilding of one of the last two-lane segments of Washington Street in Lake County begins in earnest next week. Starting Tuesday, Washington between Cedar ...
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Bears, Illini, BMW golf, Riot Fest: How to avoid the trafficSep 14, 2013 8:00 am - Punks, punters, putting, pitching and pits are converging this weekend in Chicago, although fortunately not at the same place. Bears and White Sox games, Riot Fest in Ch...
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RTA appointees should stick to regional goalsSep 14, 2013 5:00 am - I am writing in response to a letter that appeared last week in the Chicago Sun-Times that was submitted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointees to the RTA board. I hope to i...
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Maine Twp. road repairs comingSep 13, 2013 12:35 pm - Roadway improvements in Maine Township are among the $13.6 million in Cook County projects being paid for by the state of Illinois to help energize the local economy, Go...
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Editorial: Glimmers of light for MetraSep 13, 2013 5:00 am - A summer of uncertainty for the Metra board of directors seems to be approaching an end, no doubt to the relief of those involved as well as to train riders and taxpayer...
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Battle lines drawn at RTA may have scuttled meetingSep 12, 2013 11:06 pm - Regional Transportation Authority administrators abruptly canceled a Friday meeting amid friction between board directors over the mission of the agency and funding for ...
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'Green' Metra lot has Glen Ellyn trustee seeing redSep 12, 2013 5:30 am - A new Glen Ellyn commuter parking lot will be the first village-owned lot with permeable pavers, an environmentally friendly feature meant to reduce stormwater runoff. T...
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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...