Articles filed under Transportation
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Roadwork a drag on Libertyville businessesOct 22, 2012 5:30 am - As road projects unfold, those who deal with the delays and inconveniences are told to imagine how much better traffic will flow when the work is complete. That often is...
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About a dozen hurt in Michigan train derailmentOct 21, 2012 1:24 pm - NILES, Mich. — About a dozen passengers and crew on an Amtrak train from Chicago to Pontiac, north of Detroit, were injured Sunday when two of its locomotives and one or...
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X-ray body scanners at O'Hare being replacedOct 19, 2012 1:00 pm - O'Hare International Airport and other major airports nationwide have been removing the controversial X-ray body scanners and replacing them with machines that use elect...
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Moving Picture: Pace driver lifts passengers’ spiritsOct 19, 2012 10:29 am - Michael Brown of Des Plaines really does whistle while he works. Brown drives a 40-foot-long, 280-horsepower bus on Pace Route 290 through some of the most diverse neig...
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Amtrak train set to hit 110 mph in test runOct 19, 2012 8:00 am - For the first time on a key Midwestern route between Chicago and St. Louis, an Amtrak passenger train topped 110 mph Friday, ripping through fog-shrouded farm fields an...
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Truck dumps candy on Jane Addams TollwayOct 18, 2012 12:15 pm - A semi-truck driver who nodded off behind the wheel while westbound on the Jane Addams Tollway Thursday morning dumped his load of candy all over the highway, authoritie...
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Cook County highway department gets bigger planning roleOct 17, 2012 4:49 pm - In an effort to compete for more federal grants, Cook County is restructuring its highway department to focus on regional transportation needs. Board President Toni Prec...
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Driver cited in fatal crash on I-90Oct 16, 2012 9:00 am - One driver has been cited in Tuesday's multivehicle crash on I-90 near Arlington Heights Road that killed a Long Grove man, according to state police. The victim, identi...
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JetBlue passenger working toward plea agreementOct 15, 2012 9:37 pm - DENVER — A Chicago man accused of groping a pregnant woman on a JetBlue flight and ignoring crew instructions appears headed toward a plea agreement. Documents filed in ...
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Limo service? RTA chairman laments cost of paratransitOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - One transit service that hasn't created headlines this fall is paratransit — the ride program for people with disabilities. But that doesn't mean it's not newsworthy. Th...