Articles filed under Transportation
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Never a camera around when you need oneSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Here's another issue on the good old red-light cameras in Elk Grove Village. I was driving to work and at Biesterfield Road and Route 53 I had the arrow to turn right he...
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Cook Co. red-light camera ultimatum seems to lack legal weightAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Timothy Schneider believes he has seized the initiative to turn back a red-light-camera program with the legal finding that the county can't arb...
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Des Plaines, you have been warned: Red-light cameras are comingAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Des Plaines is moving ahead with installing automated red-light cameras despite Mayor Marty Moylan's request that officials reconsider the program. Officials initially s...
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Red-light cameras not going anywhere in WheelingJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite the public backlash going on in other towns, Wheeling is standing by its two red-light cameras, located at Wheeling and Palatine roads and Milwaukee Avenue and D...
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Red-light cameras are increasing safetyJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - We are writing to commend Gov. Quinn for signing legislation that strengthens the enforcement of traffic laws through the use of red-light cameras. This law will be inst...
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Naperville says no red light camera tickets for right turnsJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville has put the brakes on using red-light cameras to catch right-on-red violators. Councilmen on Tuesday said they are not convinced there is enough of a safety i...
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Cook County may stick suburbs with red-light intersectionsJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County may require suburbs that opt out of its red-light cameras to take over all the costly maintenance of those intersections. Suburban officials signaled they wo...
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Use of red-light cameras should have a plan for revenues, follow throughJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Most people know that our nation, state and in most cases local towns are facing a paradox of colossal proportions: We're spending faster than we're earning. Population ...
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Wheeling opts out of Cook Co. red-light camera programJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Wheeling isn't against red-light cameras, but they are against Cook County telling them where to install them. On Monday, the village board became the latest suburb to o...
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Taking right way on red-light camerasJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Today, we're pleased to offer a tale with positive lessons and a happy ending. A few weeks ago, Cook County commissioners made it known they were about to usurp the loca...