Articles filed under Transportation
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Editorial: A reflection on a tragic day in Fox River GroveOct 24, 2015 2:00 pm - Though the intersection at Algonquin Road and Northwest Highway in Fox River Grove has changed, it is impossible to drive past it without thinking, even if only briefly,...
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Experts: Fox River Grove crash triggered reforms, but we can do moreOct 24, 2015 7:15 am - Standing near a memorial at Algonquin Road and the Union Pacific tracks, Fox River Grove Police Chief Ron Lukasik points north. "The bus was facing that way," he says. "...
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Police: 3 dead, 34 injured after homecoming parade crashOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - STILLWATER, Okla. - A woman suspected of driving under the influence plowed into a crowd Saturday during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing three p...
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Smartphone, credit card payments coming to Mt. Prospect commuter lotsOct 23, 2015 5:05 am - Paying for parking by smartphone, credit card or debit card soon will be an option in Mount Prospect's commuter lots, as part of upgrades to the automated pay stations a...
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Roundabout opens ahead of schedule in Lake BarringtonOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Motorists in southwestern Lake County caught a break Friday with the early opening of a $7 million roundabout at River and Roberts roads in Lake Barrington. Roberts Road...
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Mundelein scrapping overnight parking planOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Mundelein officials are scrapping a plan for new overnight parking restrictions, saying the proposal would be complicated and too costly to implement. It also faced crit...
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Hoffman Estates offers Rules of the Road courseOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - The Hoffman Estates Commission for Senior Citizens will offer a Rules of the Road course from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the Health and Human Services conferen...
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Chicago mayor assumes state will help CTAOct 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is defending his decision to roll the dice with a CTA budget that freezes fares and maintains service for the third straight year, but assumes...
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Tollway board pressured to build or not build Route 53 extensionOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - With $5.8 million for planning studies in the Illinois tollway's proposed 2016 budget that could be used to analyze the Route 53 extension, advocates for both sides of t...
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Minority contractors criticize tollway budget proposalOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Thanks to higher truck tolls, the Illinois tollway will reap extra revenues next year but that didn't mean the 2016 proposed budget didn't receive scrutiny Thursday. Sev...