Articles filed under Transportation
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Watch out for extended warrantiesJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - By Marni Pyke Watch out for bogus extended service warranties on your vehicle, the Better Business Bureau warns. You may think you’re getting extra protection from the m...
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Big truck debate: Local police say no to weight gainJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - My views on trucks always vary depending on whether my car's been spattered with debris from a load without a tarpaulin or if I'm feeling guilty after squeezing into a l...
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Glendale Heights adding red-light camerasJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - Add Glendale Heights to the growing list of towns using red-light cameras for traffic enforcement. The village next year will install cameras at the intersection of Nort...
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What to do if an airline changes your flight planJun 26, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — It’s the ultimate travel bait and switch. You book a ticket on a nonstop flight but the airline cancels it a few weeks later, leaving a computer to automatica...
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Amtrak train from Chicago strikes truckJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ RENO, Nev. — A collision between an Amtrak train and a semitrailer truck at a railroad crossing on a rural northern Nev...
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Metra honors Mount Prospect response to May 13 crashJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Metra officials recognized Mount Prospect this week for the village’s response to the May 13 train collision that took one man’s life. Alex Clifford, CEO of Metra, and ...
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Passenger traffic is soaring at Rockford airportJun 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago Rockford International Airport saw a 12 percent increase in passengers in May, the sixth-straight month of year-over-year growth. Destinations like Cancun might ...
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Pump pain means more staycations this July 4Jun 23, 2011 12:00 am - Dependence on high-priced gas means fewer Americans will celebrate Independence Day on the road this year. AAA predicts a nearly 1 million dip in the number of people dr...
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Regional Transportation Authority demands state pay upJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - You owe us $400 million and transit will suffer if it’s not paid is the gist of a Regional Transportation Authority letter to Gov. Pat Quinn and state Comptroller Judy B...
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Which suburban towns have most DUI arrestsJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - Twenty-nine years ago, rookie police officer David Dial handled his first DUI crash. A car driven by a drunken driver in heavy rains hydroplaned into oncoming traffic, c...