Articles filed under Transportation
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McHenry County accident leads to new lawAug 05, 2013 2:00 pm - 'Patricia's Law' targets drivers who had been on court supervision
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JetBlue to add first-class cabinAug 05, 2013 1:23 pm - NEW YORK — JetBlue, known for shuttling vacationers from Northeast cities to the warmth of Florida and the Caribbean, is making a play for corporate road warriors. Start...
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California governor averts Frisco rail strikeAug 05, 2013 1:18 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown intervene...
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Cleanup underway at derailment site in LouisianaAug 05, 2013 10:34 am - LAWTELL, La. — About 100 homes remained evacuated Monday as officials worked to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment near the small community of Lawtell, about...
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Calif. gov. orders inquiry, averts SF rail strikeAug 05, 2013 9:30 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a...
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Can Metra board function under duress?Aug 05, 2013 5:15 am - With just seven Metra directors left out of 11, shouldn't the endangered remainder just resign en masse? After all, they lack the required eight votes to hire a new CEO ...
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Construction to begin on massive Rollins Road projectAug 04, 2013 8:00 am - The anticipation has been like waiting to get an aching tooth pulled. Work to dispel decades of frustration with a traffic bottleneck is about to get under way, and the...
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Ex-Arlington Heights mayor in running for Metra chair?Aug 03, 2013 8:00 am - Wanted: a Metra chairman to deal with an enraged public, scant funding, bad publicity, a demoralized staff and skeletons waiting to jump out of the closet. Oh — and lawm...
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Bus service public hearing:Aug 02, 2013 6:10 pm - Pace, the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority, hosts a public hearing from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 at the College of Lake County auditorium...
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Register to adopt a highway:Aug 02, 2013 6:09 pm - Open enrollment for the Lake County Division of Transportation’s Adopt-a-Highway is available until Aug. 31. Since 1993, the program has grown to 232 groups removing lit...