Articles filed under Transportation
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More service, new buses, no fare hikes in Pace budgetSep 13, 2012 12:13 pm - After a few years of bumpy rides, Pace is expecting a relatively smooth trip in 2013 as far as its budget goes. The preliminary fiscal plan released Wednesday anticipate...
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Chicago Executive Airport improvements depend on grantsSep 12, 2012 8:19 pm - The Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling wants to repave and extend a taxiway to make conditions safer and more convenient for pilots, but completing the $750,000 proje...
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Lake in the Hills looking at eminent domain for airport planSep 12, 2012 3:11 pm - Lake in the Hills trustees are set to decide whether they want to initiate eminent domain proceedings against a construction company as part of the village’s airport imp...
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Suburbs don't want to play derailment oddsSep 12, 2012 2:00 pm - Freight derailments occur on main line tracks an average of 13 times a year in Chicago and the suburbs, delaying commuter trains, messing up traffic and, in a July 4 tra...
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Design flaw makes hazardous materials rail cars dangerousSep 12, 2012 5:00 am - For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials we...
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Metra parking lot more expensive for Prospect HeightsSep 11, 2012 5:29 pm - The city of Prospect Heights will continue to lease land from ComEd for the Metra parking lot at 55 S. Wolf Road, at least until 2015, but the utility won’t get the kind...
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Bike trail through Elgin’s northeast side inching closer to realitySep 10, 2012 4:04 pm - The City of Elgin is plugging along in its quest to be more bike friendly. Council members will consider partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation Wedne...
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Transit writer takes ride on wild side - almostSep 09, 2012 11:00 pm - I get my kicks on Route 855. It's my kind of maverick, stick-it-to-the-man Pace bus. Now, if you've ever sat stupefied in a Pace bus as it bumbles through suburban traff...
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Girl injured in Elgin Metra crash Saturday nightSep 09, 2012 10:34 am - A South Elgin man faces a number of charges after the car he was driving went off the road and collided with a Metra train late Saturday, severely injuring his 14-month-...
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Truck accident in Des Plaines delays Metra trainsSep 07, 2012 9:02 pm - A 30-foot box truck carrying office furniture overturned on train tracks in Des Plaines Friday night, causing Metra trains to be delayed and traffic in the area to be di...