Articles filed under Transportation
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Durbin: When will Metra add auto-braking system for trains?Dec 05, 2013 10:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin wants Metra to clarify when it will install an automatic braking system aimed at preventing crashes. Known as Positive Train Control, the expensive...
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Operation North Pole a magical ride for very ill childrenDec 02, 2013 12:49 pm - Operation North Pole will once again share the magic of Christmas with 62 families who have a child or children suffering from life-threatening or terminal illnesses by ...
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Route 21/137 intersection work:Dec 02, 2013 12:19 pm - Work on the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) and Route 137 in Libertyville will move into high gear with night work scheduled for Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, no...
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Save time or money on extended Route 53? You decideDec 02, 2013 4:30 am - Do I want to pay $3.45 instead of 95 cents to travel from Arlington Heights to Libertyville 12 minutes faster? How about $2.95 rather than 95 cents to shave seven minute...
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States compete for Boeing assembly lineDec 01, 2013 3:46 am - When Boeing’s machinists union rejected a long-term contract proposal last month, the workers who voted against the aerospace giant’s offer inadvertently set off a natio...
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Metra train kills pedestrian near Fort SheridanNov 29, 2013 6:52 pm - Two people were hit by Metra trains Friday night, one of them fatally, in separate incidents on different lines. The first, less serious accident occurred in Downers Gro...
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Waukegan Public Library to unveil new children’s exhibitNov 29, 2013 12:33 pm - Walk, bike, or drive to the Waukegan Public Library’s all-new transportation exhibit, “The Places You’ll Go,” opening on Dec. 8 in its children’s department. The exhibi...
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Airport chaplains let fliers connect with heavensNov 28, 2013 5:00 am - ATLANTA — The Rev. Frank Colladay Jr. stood at the end of the gate waiting. On the arriving plane was a passenger whose husband had just died of a heart attack on anothe...
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Federal judge clears airline merger for takeoffNov 27, 2013 1:00 pm - A federal bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for American Airlines and US Airways to complete their merger and create the world's largest airline. The judge ruled Wedn...
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Thanksgiving means family reunions at O'HareNov 27, 2013 1:00 pm - As they scanned the stream of newly arriving passengers at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday, Bose and Shanthi Bendi's thoughts drifted back two decades to a long j...