Articles filed under Transportation
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Rauner's transportation budget: Bikers up, transit downMar 01, 2015 7:00 am - Motorcycle riders win and disabled transit riders lose, an analysis of transportation funding in the budget proposed by Gov. Bruce Rauner indicates. The budget also reco...
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New Hampshire lake is Lower 48's only ice runwayFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - ALTON, N.H.- Winter on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee means ice fishing, hockey tournaments and, if the ice is strong enough, airplanes. After being grounded by bad ...
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Suburban O'Hare Commission hires consultants to help battle airport noiseFeb 27, 2015 4:30 am - A group of towns near O'Hare International Airport has hired two consulting firms to assist it in its battle against airport noise. The Suburban O'Hare Commission on Thu...
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Water pipeline move begins; costs $73 millionFeb 27, 2015 4:30 am - Relocating part of a pipeline carrying water to more than 500,000 customers in the Northwest suburbs is moving forward, although how to pay for it is still an open quest...
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Airport responds to mayors' oppostion to runway extensionFeb 27, 2015 4:30 am - Chicago Executive Airport managers say they hear “loud and clear” from the airport's municipal owners, Prospect Heights and Wheeling, where mayors came out swinging this...
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Airport CEO would get big bonus if runway extension is approvedFeb 26, 2015 4:30 am - Chicago Executive Airport leader would receive incentives if deal, funding approved
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'Massive' construction ahead for I-90, Elgin-O'Hare commutersFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - “Massive” is how tollway engineers described the upcoming construction season. And that's not as in massively awesome, but as in drivers can expect one big, eye-rolling,...
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Trucker convicted in 2014 fatal Illinois Tollway crashFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago judge has convicted a truck driver on several felony charges filed in connection with a crash that killed an Illinois Tollway wor...
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Prospect Heights mayor joins opposition to longer runwayFeb 25, 2015 4:30 am - Mayors of both Wheeling and Prospect Heights have announced their opposition to a runway extension at Chicago Executive Airport, but Charlie Priester, the man hired to o...
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Toyota rolls out first mass-market cars to run on hydrogen fuel cellsFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - Toyota this week officially rolled out what it's betting will mark "a turning point" in automotive history - a sleek, affordable, eco-friendly "future" car that can driv...