Articles filed under Transportation
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Iced-up switches a pain in the caboose, Metra saysJan 10, 2014 4:30 am - The process of manually extracting ice from railway switches moves at a glacial pace, Metra officials said Thursday following a demonstration to explain train delays and...
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Editorial: Metra meets a challenge but has work to doJan 09, 2014 4:00 am - Metra officials emphasized this week that they did the best they could under extreme conditions, and no one will deny that the conditions the railroad faced were extreme...
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Hoffman mayor appointed to NLC committeeJan 08, 2014 3:31 pm - Hoffman Estates Mayor William McLeod has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2014 Transportation Infrastructure & Services Steering Committee. This co...
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Schaumburg Sport Center targets more parkingJan 08, 2014 12:32 pm - The Sport Center of the Schaumburg Park District has been a popular bastion of winter recreation since it opened in 2003, but its parking capacity hasn’t kept up with de...
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Wednesday brings less commuting chaos, but Metra delays continueJan 08, 2014 7:56 am - Problems with switches that transfer trains from track to track continued to plague Metra during Wednesday’s afternoon rush hour although not to the extent of meltdowns ...
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Police car hit by train, no one injuredJan 07, 2014 12:08 pm - A Metra train struck an unmarked Lake County sheriff’s squad car late Monday, but no one was hurt, police said. The accident happened about 10:20 p.m. near Route 134 an...
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Black ice an invisible winter danger for driversJan 07, 2014 10:00 am - The deaths of an Elgin woman and her dog after their vehicle plummeted from Route 53 onto Route 14 in Palatine Monday night represented the worst possible consequence of...
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Metra expects normal service today, but delays likelyJan 07, 2014 9:30 am - We did the best we could, Metra officials said Tuesday, when asked about gripes from riders over canceled trains and mega-delays during the region's big chill. Thousands...
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Experts predict: BoltBus, transit reform, airlines wars on tap for 2014Jan 06, 2014 4:30 am - Goodbye, quiet 2013. What a boring year. All we had to talk about was a Metra leadership crisis, a scandalous RTA report, sequester fallout at airports and control towe...
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Small plane makes emergency landing on NYC highwayJan 04, 2014 3:49 pm - NEW YORK — A small plane has made an emergency landing on an interstate highway in New York City. Fire Department officials say the plane touched down at 3:20 p.m. Satu...