Articles filed under Transportation
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Chicago adds 1,800 cameras at train stationsNov 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago has installed 1,800 new security cameras at public train stations six weeks ahead of schedule. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says video from the cameras has been used to ca...
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The Soapbox: The end to toll perksNov 19, 2011 4:00 am - A benefit costing a buck or two a day per employee doesn’t sound like much. But $478,300 does. That’s the yearly cost — after a toll increase coming Jan. 1 — of an Illin...
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Hoffman Estates transit survey is outNov 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates has hired a traffic consultant to study transit service in Hoffman Estates. Paper surveys have been sent to various employers, and phone interviews with ...
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Transportation board eyes Bartlett derailmentNov 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Federal regulators are monitoring the recent derailment of a Canadian National Railway train in Bartlett and “will determine an appropriate course of action,” once repor...
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Thanksgiving travel should go up this year, AAA saysNov 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Three years of staring at your immediate family over turkey and gravy have created a wanderlust that's peaking this year, according to holiday travel predictions. AAA Ch...
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Tollway ready to end free tolls on employees' commutesNov 16, 2011 11:00 pm - The free ride is over for Illinois tollway employees accustomed to getting back and forth from work using a complimentary I-PASS. The policy shift came Thursday during a...
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RTA rebuffs Metra budget reportNov 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Regional Transportation Authority directors decided a promise doesn’t cut it Friday in refusing to sign off on a budget report from Metra projecting a $7 million shortfa...
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Palatine police investigate second pedestrian deathNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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New evidence shows distraction dangerNov 14, 2011 4:00 am - Last month, the three-day interruption of Blackberry services led to an unanticipated consequence halfway around the world. In Dubai, traffic accidents fell 20 percent o...
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Construction season for tollway equals hiringNov 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Directors to vote on $266 million proposal