Articles filed under Transportation
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Will 2-mile stretch of Buffalo Grove Road get more lanes?Jan 09, 2020 4:23 am - The Lake County Board is set to approve spending up to $26 million to widen Buffalo Grove Road between Deerfield Parkway and Route 22. Improvements to the intersection o...
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National Van Lines names new CEOJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - National Van Lines has promoted longtime executive Tim Helenthal to chief executive officer and chairman, succeeding retiring Chairman and CEO Maureen Beal. The prom...
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Airlines divert flights from Iran and Iraq airspace after missile attacksJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Airlines around the world diverted flights from the airspace over Iran, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf after Tehran fired more than a dozen missiles at U.S. forces in the re...
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Machines that don't give change add $152,000 to Illinois tollway coffersJan 06, 2020 4:30 am - Keeping the change from cash-paying customers is adding up for the Illinois tollway. The agency pocketed about $152,000 extra in 2019 from people without I-PASS accounts...
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State will stop helping towns collect on red-light camera ticketsJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Pressure is mounting on red-light camera operators as Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Monday that, beginning Feb. 6, her office will no longe...
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Hoffman Estates, Elgin residents work with local leaders to fight CN track expansionJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates and Elgin residents fighting an expansion of Canadian National Railway tracks near their homes are enlisting federal, state and local leaders in their ef...
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Barrington strikes deal with animal hospital allowing new entrance to Metra parking lotJan 01, 2020 5:00 am - Barrington board members have approved a land exchange with an animal hospital to accommodate construction of a short road from Northwest Highway directly to the Metra s...
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Can closing a turn lane improve safety? Vernon Hills aims to find outJan 01, 2020 5:00 am - Vernon Hills aims to find out for tough intersection
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What's next for parking garage plans in downtown Glen EllynDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - Glen Ellyn trustees will start the new year considering plans to make the downtown Civic Center more of a municipal campus with a new parking garage, gathering spaces an...
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Transportation experts' 2020 forecast: More roadwork, more scooters, more transit ridersDec 30, 2019 4:30 am - E-scooters in the suburbs, a beatdown on double-parking delivery trucks and Metra in the driver's seat on UP tracks? If our prognosticators say it's going to happen, it ...