Articles filed under Transportation
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Paratransit lawsuit settledFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago Transit Authority and Pace announced Friday they had settled a lawsuit over paratransit, the service for disabled riders. ...
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Chicago-St Louis high-speed rail plans speeding upFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Federal transportation regulators are moving faster than expected on choosing the best route for a section of the Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail line ru...
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Chicago Auto Show is vroom and zoom, not doom and gloomFeb 09, 2012 4:30 am - The next big thing is small. After years of hype over super-sized Humvee-type vehicles, much of the buzz at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show media preview Wednesday focused o...
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Report: Bartlett train derailment caused by broken railFeb 08, 2012 11:00 pm - A Federal Railroad Administration rail accident report brought up at Tuesday’s Bartlett village board meeting shows that a November train derailment in the village was c...
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Aurora cops: Red-light cameras reducing accidentsFeb 08, 2012 9:30 am - Reducing the number of accidents at crash-prone intersections always has been the goal of Aurora's red-light camera program, and police Chief Greg Thomas said numbers sh...
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As auto show opens, suburban car dealers back in driveFeb 07, 2012 11:00 pm - It was 2009 and the Big Three automakers were barely surviving. After accepting an unpopular government bailout, General Motors and Chrysler dealerships closed across th...
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O'Hare among airports to test lower-hassle screeningFeb 07, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, including Chicago...
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Chicago Auto Show roars into townFeb 06, 2012 4:30 am - Don't feel inadequate, I told the Honda Civic hatchback as it sputtered along in the wake of a Land Rover. It's the year of the car. Don't believe me? Check out the Ch...
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Western access to O’Hare? Don’t hold your breath.Feb 05, 2012 4:00 am - A week ago, I promised you a story on how the O’Hare International Airport western access plan morphed into the western bypass. It stemmed from a meeting among several m...
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Mayors clamor for revival of western access to O'HareFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Western access to O'Hare International Airport was the reason DuPage County nine years ago reversed its long-running opposition to airport expansion. In exchange, there ...