Articles filed under Transportation
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Indiana reminds travelers of county travel advisory mapJan 06, 2015 12:01 am - Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS - With a winter storm arriving in Indiana, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is reminding motorists they can check road condition...
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Pyke: More airline charges, gas tax hike top 2015 transit predictionsJan 05, 2015 4:00 am - “Difficult to see ... always in motion is the future.” — Master Yoda, “The Empire Strikes Back” Yoda wasn't kidding, and his words rang particularly true in 2014 with C...
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Chicago man dies in fatal commuter train accidentJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - A 31-year-old Chicago man has died after being struck by a commuter train in the Uptown neighborhood on the city's North Side. Authorities say Quinton Davis was hit by a...
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Metra hopes to avoid missteps of 2014 polar vortexJan 05, 2015 12:00 am - With snow expected overnight, Metra leaders Monday listed improvements to equipment and procedures they hope will prevent a déjà vu polar vortex in 2015. “We're trying ...
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'Operation Click' getting results among teensJan 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Later this month, faculty at eight Northwest suburban high schools will go about the business of reducing teen fatalities in motor vehicle accidents. Their method? Count...
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Speed-camera backlash has towns scraping for cashJan 03, 2015 6:19 am - Municipalities that installed traffic cameras to boost revenue are scraping for cash to fill budget gaps after complaints by irate drivers forced them to cancel their us...
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Illinois girl, 7, survives plane crash, hikes for helpJan 03, 2015 12:01 am - KUTTAWA, Ky. - KUTTAWA, Ky. - Bleeding and alone, 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler had just survived a plane crash that killed her family. She walked through about a mile of wo...
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Lake in the Hills offers incentives to fill airport vacanciesJan 02, 2015 4:00 am - Lake in the Hills is offering incentives to attract new airport tenants in 2015. The T-Hangar Incentive Program rewards current airport tenants with a finder's fee equi...
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Pyke: How to make the most of suburban transitJan 01, 2015 6:30 am - Although the car is supposedly king in the suburbs, national trends indicate people are driving less. The spectrum ranges from millennials who prefer transit to aging ba...
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Celebrating tonight? Don't forget public transitDec 31, 2014 4:30 am - If you're headed out to celebrate New Year's Eve in Chicago, both the CTA and Metra are offering incentives to lure revelers out of cars and onto public transit. Typical...