Articles filed under Transportation
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Ride the CTA for a penny tonightDec 31, 2012 5:19 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority reminds partygoers that rides on CTA trains and buses will cost one penny during the hours surrounding the arrival of 2013. The CTA says t...
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Some things to watch in Lake County in 2013Dec 31, 2012 6:00 am - Road construction, high-profile criminal trials, a major business departure and local politics will be among the stories to watch for in 2013 in Lake County. Graded “F” ...
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Planes, trains and automobiles: A look at 2013Dec 30, 2012 10:00 pm - Today we will journey — to the future! Sort of. Four experts have lent their visionary powers to this column to forecast the major transportation stories of 2013. But f...
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Lake Zurich to use $522,000 from CN on noise wallDec 30, 2012 12:51 pm - Lake Zurich will construct a noise wall to protect some homeowners, using more than $500,000 received from Canadian National Railway through a legal settlement. CN provi...
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Dispute over cemetery land for runway comes to an endDec 28, 2012 11:01 am - The city of Chicago will pay a Bensenville church $1.3 million for land that included a cemetery, bringing to an end more than a decade of litigation surrounding the cit...
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Metra trains getting defibrillatorsDec 27, 2012 4:16 pm - The Metra commuter rail service is installing hundreds of portable, easy-to-use defibrillators on all of its trains, becoming only the second major transit system in the...
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Billion-dollar settlement in Toyota recall caseDec 26, 2012 2:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicl...
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Minor train derailment in ChicagoDec 25, 2012 6:10 am - Authorities say a commuter train at a downtown Chicago station has derailed, but no passengers were on board. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says ther...
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Chicago Skyway fare to rise to $4 next yearDec 25, 2012 6:00 am - It's going to cost motorists more to travel on the Chicago Skyway next year. Tolls will jump from $3.50 to $4 on the Chicago Skyway starting Jan. 1. That 8-mile stretch ...
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Toll hikes, NATO among 2012's top transit storiesDec 23, 2012 10:00 pm - Read-them-and-weep gas prices. A failed plan to institute speed cameras in the suburbs. The completion of Wacker Drive construction — finally. The extinction of the Prai...