Articles filed under Transportation
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To privatize or not to privatize? Some say it’s only way Illiana gets builtJan 28, 2013 10:44 am - With government funds in short supply and general distaste for a gas tax increase, is privatization the only way to go for major transportation projects such as the prop...
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Why Metra approved raises for some employeesJan 28, 2013 3:45 am - Who'd have thought exorcising the past would be so expensive. Since a financial scandal erupted at Metra in spring 2010, officials have called in powerful forces to clea...
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Ice turns to thunderstorm as temperatures riseJan 27, 2013 2:44 pm - A Sunday afternoon of sleet and freezing rain turned to a January thunderstorm as temperatures around the Chicago area continued to warm up Sunday night and Monday morni...
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Open house on Quentin Road planJan 27, 2013 11:03 am - An open house regarding Quentin Road from Route 12 to Route 22 in Kildeer and Lake Zurich is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Lake Zurich High School, 300 Church...
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Car breaks down on tracks, struck by trainJan 25, 2013 4:54 pm - An outbound Metra train struck an unoccupied car near the Des Plaines train station during the Friday evening rush hour, authorities said. The vehicle broke down as it w...
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Tollway grants scofflaws more time, sticks to $20 fineJan 24, 2013 3:35 pm - You’ll still owe $20 for that toll violation, but at least there’s an extra nine days to scrounge up the money to pay for it. Tollway administrators want to give the gif...
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New contractor hired to eyeball tollway construction after false startJan 24, 2013 12:34 pm - Tollway leaders agreed to hire engineering experts Thursday to scrutinize previous construction projects for problems, saying they were confident the firm could be objec...
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Elgin-O’Hare work accelerating at last — with tollsJan 24, 2013 11:27 am - An estimated 65,000 jobs by 2040. Economic development for DuPage and northwest Cook counties. Access into O’Hare International Airport from the west. And, tolls of 20 c...
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Metra raises out of sync with fare hikesJan 23, 2013 12:17 pm - Say you’re just going along doing your job and one day your boss starts to wonder whether you’re being paid enough. So your boss hires someone (and pays him a pretty pen...
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Fewer collectors, but higher employee costs for tollwayJan 21, 2013 4:00 am - Government agencies talk a lot these days about increasing efficiency, doing more with less, scraping by on nothing, etc., etc. On paper, the Illinois State Toll Highway...