Articles filed under Transportation
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Editorial: Don’t be distracted by allure of southern tollwayOct 08, 2013 8:17 am - For a timely example of the maxim that the lure of good consequences can produce bad projects, consider the Illiana expressway. This proposed east-west tollway linking I...
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O'Hare opens new taxiwayOct 07, 2013 8:00 pm - O'Hare International Airport has a new taxiway. The Chicago Department of Aviation said Monday that it has opened Taxiway Zulu, also known as Taxiway Z. It's part of the...
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IDOT defends Illiana Expressway projectOct 07, 2013 7:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation is defending a proposed expressway linking Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana with Interstate 55 in the South suburbs. The m...
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Why you should care about the battle of the Illiana ExpresswayOct 07, 2013 5:30 am - This month, the MPO Policy Committee will vote on whether to include the Illiana Corridor in CMAP's GO TO 2040 comprehensive plan and ... zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Hey, stay with m...
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Decision looms on senior buses in Grafton, Rutland townshipsOct 05, 2013 11:00 pm - Rutland Township never had to shuttle their senior and disabled residents around because Grafton Township always did it for them — for free. But after six years, budget...
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Cause of train crash still undeterminedOct 04, 2013 5:28 pm - Nearly a week after an unoccupied Chicago Transit Authority train rumbled down a track for nearly a mile and struck another train head-on, investigators were still tryin...
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CTA changes procedures after Blue Line crashOct 04, 2013 6:23 am - The Chicago Transit Authority has told employees to take a series of precautionary steps to keep out-of-service, unmanned trains from moving along the tracks. The guidan...
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Residents oppose Buffalo Grove road planOct 03, 2013 6:00 pm - Some residents near Buffalo Grove's Weiland Road and Lake-Cook Road corridors continue to object to the $100 million plan to widen the thoroughfares and make other impro...
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Editorial: Improve RTA’s image? Bring PR work in-houseOct 03, 2013 8:38 am - Just as Metra, the region’s commuter rail agency, tries to shore up its battered image by holding transparent, public interviews of new board members, the agency that ov...
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Can task force solve feud between Metra, Pace, CTA?Oct 02, 2013 5:00 pm - Members of a state task force got an earful from transit leaders about funding dysfunction and rivalries over a shrinking revenue pie Wednesday. Gov. Pat Quinn's panel i...