Articles filed under Transportation
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Residents oppose Buffalo Grove road planOct 03, 2013 6:00 pm - Some residents near Buffalo Grove's Weiland Road and Lake-Cook Road corridors continue to object to the $100 million plan to widen the thoroughfares and make other impro...
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Editorial: Improve RTA’s image? Bring PR work in-houseOct 03, 2013 8:38 am - Just as Metra, the region’s commuter rail agency, tries to shore up its battered image by holding transparent, public interviews of new board members, the agency that ov...
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Can task force solve feud between Metra, Pace, CTA?Oct 02, 2013 5:00 pm - Members of a state task force got an earful from transit leaders about funding dysfunction and rivalries over a shrinking revenue pie Wednesday. Gov. Pat Quinn's panel i...
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Chicago to remove red-light cameras at 18 sitesOct 02, 2013 4:50 pm - The city of Chicago is removing red-light cameras at 18 intersections after a significant reduction in crashes at the sites. The city will remove 36 cameras from the 18 ...
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Former CTA lawyer from Wilmette heads to Metra boardOct 02, 2013 9:27 am - A retired Chicago Transit Authority attorney from Wilmette is the next new Metra board member. Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to sendJohn Plante of Wilmette ...
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Metra board hopefuls put on show for commissionersOct 02, 2013 5:15 am - In a twist from the status quo, the public had a front seat to hear testimony from applicants seeking two openings on the troubled Metra board Tuesday before Cook County...
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Wheeling, Prospect Hts. call airport ‘jewel’ but fight over controlOct 01, 2013 10:19 am - The municipalities that own Chicago Executive Airport boast about it frequently. But the acting chairman of the airport board says the open squabbling between Wheeling a...
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CTA veteran moving to Metra board as Preckwinkle’s choiceSep 30, 2013 12:12 pm - Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle picked a former CTA conductor and executive to take a seat on the troubled Metra board Monday. Retired transit manager Romayne Bro...
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RTA spending more than $670,000 on spin controlSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - An August Regional Transportation Authority audit scolded Metra for hiring PR consultants, but the agency isn't practicing what it preaches. Records show the RTA has sp...
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Runners get first chance to try out new O’Hare runwaySep 29, 2013 5:58 pm - Races benefit the Wounded Warrior Project