Articles filed under Transportation
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Villa Park seeks road money to 'start investing in our town'Oct 12, 2014 7:00 am - Villa Park voters on Nov. 4 will face a referendum question that relates to their cars, their homes, their wallets and their town's infrastructure, safety and visual app...
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Editorial: Metra still has much selling to do on fare-hike planOct 12, 2014 1:01 am - There are some positive things to say about the plan Metra announced last week to increase fares in support of a systematic and thorough program to upgrade and maintain ...
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Suspect in subway shooting held on $2 million bailOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County judge ordered a man accused of shooting at a Chicago subway train held on $2 million bail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 25-year-old Lorenzo Jones of ...
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Does the gov't have the power to order airport Ebola screenings?Oct 10, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authori...
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Lawmakers aren't embracing Metra fare increasesOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - State lawmakers Friday were not ready to climb on board Metra's call for a decade of fare hikes. Metra's board of directors Thursday announced a sweeping plan to raise t...
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Metra asks for 68 percent fare hike over 10 yearsOct 09, 2014 10:00 am - Although a final vote isn't until November, a majority of Metra leaders Thursday committed to a proposal to raise fares an average of 10.8 percent in 2015 followed by in...
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Airport screening for Ebola: 5 things to knowOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced Wednesday that airline passengers arriving from the three West African countries experiencing an unprecedented Ebola outb...
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Illiana gets go-ahead from planning boardOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - The political chewtoy that is the Illiana Expressway might have received the definitive go-ahead Thursday after a close vote in favor of the project by the Metropolitan ...
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Chicago man charged in subway train shootingOct 09, 2014 1:00 am - Authorities have charged a man who they say used an assault rifle to fire at a Chicago subway train as it pulled into a business district station. The Chicago Sun-Times ...
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Peterson Road widening project continues in Libertyville, GrayslakeOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - The $10.8 million Lake County road construction project on Peterson Road continues in portions of Grayslake and Libertyville. The work will widen Peterson Road to four ...