Articles filed under Transportation
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United to accept board overhaul in proxy dispute dealApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - CHICAGO - United Continental is nearing an agreement with activist investors that would include replacing Chairman Henry Meyer III as part of a broader board overhaul, p...
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What if freight trains skirted suburbs via new rural railroad?Apr 19, 2016 1:00 am - In the 21st century, the plan by Great Lakes Transportation Inc. is rare to the point of being unbelievable: Building an $8 billion, 278-mile-long, two-track freight rai...
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Emotions mixed as Hawley Street lane closure loomsApr 18, 2016 5:30 am - A roughly milelong stretch of Hawley Street through Mundelein will be limited to one-way traffic starting today as crews begin the most disruptive phase of an $11.7 mill...
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Where to look out for spring road constructionApr 18, 2016 5:30 am - They're back: Bulldozers. Front-end loaders. Excavators. Cement trucks. Construction season 2016 is upon us, and it's a significant year for many reasons. For long-suff...
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Widening starts Wednesday for Eola Road in AuroraApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - A long-awaited $10.3 million project to widen Eola Road between Keating and Montgomery roads will begin Wednesday on the far east side of Aurora. "It's the last stretch ...
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Cullerton drops idea to tax miles driven to finance roadsApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - The Illinois Senate president says he will not pursue a proposal to pay for road construction by taxing motorists by the miles they drive. John Cullerton, a Chicago Demo...
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Route 14 near Barrington reopens after five-vehicle crashApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - Eastbound Route 14 in unincorporated Lake County near Barrington is open after the five-vehicle accident around 7:30 a.m. Crews have cleaned up after the crash between C...
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Tollway leader: We want to make the tollway look more like IllinoisApr 17, 2016 7:00 am - More trees, no passenger-car toll hikes, a toll app and open minds on the Route 53 extension. As they close in on a year since joining the Illinois tollway, Chairman Bob...
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Do we really want to obey - or enforce - speed limits?Apr 17, 2016 7:00 am - Some pearls of wisdom from our letters to the editor column: Responding to Transportation Writer Marni Pyke's column about the perils of merging via "cattle chute" onto ...
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Wheaton man dies in motorcycle crash on I-290Apr 16, 2016 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Wheaton man was killed Saturday morning in a motorcycle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified him as Chr...