Articles filed under Transportation
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Lake County pushes Route 53 study; some suburban mayors push backJul 23, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County officials this week continued to push the Route 53 extension, but some communities say they need specifics before giving official support to continued work o...
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Person struck, killed by Metra train in Maine TownshipJul 23, 2015 1:00 am - A person was struck and killed by a Metra train Thursday night, according to railway officials. Meg Reille, Metra spokeswoman, said the person was struck by outbound Nor...
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Critics say Metra's app no substitute for universal cardJul 22, 2015 1:00 am - After riders chided Metra for dropping the ball on a universal fare card Wednesday, leaders countered that they're offering the next-best thing and said piggybacking on ...
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Metra ticket purchasing system back onlineJul 22, 2015 1:00 am - Metra has announced on its website that ticket agencies are able to process credit cards for ticket purchases again. The system went offline briefly this morning. ...
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Diamond Lake Road could be closed until early SeptemberJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County transportation officials say it will be at least until early September before a section of Diamond Lake Road in Long Grove is repaired and traffic is back to...
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Pavement collapse closes Diamond Lake Road in Long GroveJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - Diamond Lake Road between Gilmer Road and Route 60/83 in Long Grove will remain closed to all but local traffic for the foreseeable future as Lake County transportation ...
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Ramps closing next month at Route 59 and I-88Jul 20, 2015 1:00 am - One of the final elements in a nearly $90 million, two-year project to widen Route 59 along the Naperville/Aurora border is a new diverging diamond interchange at I-88. ...
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Quiet O'Hare noise at night? Aviation commissioner says she'll tryJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - A sit-down meeting between Chicago aviation officials and an O'Hare anti-noise watchdog group Monday resulted in pledges from the airport chief to try to reduce noise at...
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Pyke: Suburban transit better, but still 'miles to go' for disabledJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - A high-tech job at Bell Labs brought Ray Campbell to the DuPage suburbs in 1986. His greatest challenge, however, wasn't at his new workplace; it was getting there. Camp...
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UP defends bypassing Metra's costly wind detectors in delaying trainsJul 18, 2015 7:32 am - Metra spent about $200,000 in 2014 buying wind detectors known as anemometers for its three Union Pacific routes to avoid unnecessary weather-related delays. But Monday ...