Articles filed under Transportation
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Tollway may relax time to pay back tollsSep 19, 2013 5:00 pm - You'd still owe for that missed toll, but you'd have more time to scrounge money or buy a lottery ticket to cover the cost under a plan adopted by a tollway panel Thursd...
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Editorial: Pledge today never to text and driveSep 19, 2013 5:00 am - Take the pledge. Today. Tell your friends and your family that from this day forward you vow never to text while driving. Resolutions made publicly are less likely to be...
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Metra trains heading to north, west suburbs delayedSep 18, 2013 9:26 pm - Trains on at least four Metra lines heading into the north and west suburbs are delayed as torrential rain and hail continue to fall in Chicago. According to the Metra w...
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Race for O’Halloran’s Metra spot is onSep 18, 2013 4:45 pm - Cook County commissioners will size up applicants for the Metra board position vacated by former Chairman Brad O’Halloran in an open meeting Oct. 1. O’Halloran departed ...
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State police expanding use of stun guns on highways, tollwaysSep 18, 2013 10:51 am - Illinois State Police District 15 troopers who patrol the region’s tollways will be getting reinforcements soon by way of stun guns. Illinois State Toll Highway Authorit...
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Tollway puts Route 53 on front burnerSep 17, 2013 6:00 pm - An advisory group will start tackling the difficult issues of how to pay for a proposed Route 53 extension north and what its ultimate design should be. The Illinois tol...
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RTA fails to reach funding agreementSep 17, 2013 6:00 pm - Frustration pervaded a special Regional Transportation Authority meeting Tuesday as directors failed to reach a deal on funding for Metra, Pace and the CTA, and the mood...
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DuPage forms new mass transit panelSep 17, 2013 4:15 pm - After criticizing the chairwoman of DuPage County’s public transit committee for failing to address certain issues related to Metra and the Regional Transportation Autho...
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Some 200 Illinois bridges in need of overhaulSep 16, 2013 5:30 am - CHICAGO — From major spans over the Mississippi River to overpasses on traffic-choked arteries skirting Chicago, some 200 bridges throughout Illinois are in need of repl...
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Interim CEO wants public to put its trust in Metra againSep 16, 2013 5:30 am - Metra's Don Orseno now has a secretary and executive office with a view, but in a pinch he can take off his suit jacket and drive a train. That's among the reasons Metra...