Articles filed under Transportation
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Taxpayers cover costs of state agencies to exhibit at conferenceDec 20, 2017 4:35 am - Taxpayers who covered the costs of sending local officials to a three-day Illinois Municipal League conference also paid to send public agencies to exhibit there. Six st...
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Metra on track with braking system that might have stopped Amtrak crashDec 20, 2017 4:00 am - An automatic braking system meant to prevent crashes like the Amtrak derailment in Washington state will start operating on Metra's four busiest train lines in 2018 whil...
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Farewell to the Boeing 747, the plane that shrank the worldDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - For a half-century, Boeing mechanics in a sprawling factory north of Seattle have riveted together aluminum panels into the familiar humpbacked form of the 747 jumbo jet...
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Walk at your own risk: Drivers oblivious to suburban crosswalksDec 18, 2017 4:30 am - The zebra stripes and neon yellow sign invite you to cross. Drivers are supposed - indeed legally required - to stop. And yet, when Daily Herald journalists tested out s...
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Palatine police start enforcement crackdownDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - Palatine police started a traffic enforcement crackdown Monday that'll run through Jan. 2. Extra uniformed Palatine police officers will be on the streets conducting sat...
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Chicago 'prepared' for outage like at Atlanta airport, officials sayDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - Experts say Chicago can learn from the travel meltdown resulting from a power outage at the nation's busiest airport midday Sunday in Atlanta, although the impact on fli...
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New I-90/Route 25 park-n-ride readyDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - Pace debuted a new park-n-ride station at the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) and Route 25 in Elgin Monday intended to reduce traffic by encouraging drivers to hop on the bus...
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Amtrak train hurtles off overpass; at least 6 people killedDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - DUPONT, Wash. - An Amtrak train making the first run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway be...
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Elmhurst man dies after his vehicle strikes I-294 medianDec 17, 2017 12:00 am - A 57-year-old Elmhurst man died early Saturday from injuries he suffered in a single-vehicle car crash on I-294 after he failed to negotiate a curve on the tollway near ...
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President of Morai Logistics honored by Canada's Most Powerful WomenDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - The Hub Group Inc., a multimodal transportation solutions provider based in Oak Brook, said that Kelli Saunders was recognized by Women's Executive Network as one of...