Articles filed under Transportation
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IDOT cleaning up roadways SaturdayFeb 22, 2024 3:28 pm - Major litter removal operations will be taking place along the expressway system from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting. Thirty maintenance crews will be ...
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‘We regret it deeply’: Ventra app’s creators accept blame as Metra questions fare collection meltdownFeb 21, 2024 7:09 pm - Cubic executives took full responsibility for the Feb. 1 meltdown of the Ventra fare-collection app at a Wednesday Metra board meeting. The app, designed by Cubic, crashe...
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Metra CEO gets pay increase of $11,600Feb 21, 2024 7:07 pm - Metra directors approved a 3.7% salary increase for Executive Director Jim Derwinski Wednesday, which brings his earnings to $325,825 annually. The action comes as Chicag...
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‘It’s very dangerous’: Residents lobby for traffic light amid rise in fatal crashes across IllinoisFeb 19, 2024 6:35 am - Deadly traffic crashes increased 2.5% last year, Illinois Department of Transportation preliminary data showed Friday. IDOT reported 1,176 fatal collisions in 2023, 29 mo...
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O’Hare lands $40 million from feds for Terminal 3 makeoverFeb 16, 2024 7:08 pm - Chicago secured $40 million in federal aid to spruce up O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 3 Thursday, just weeks before construction kicks off. The $200 million ren...
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Barrington considers hiring crossing guards at railroad tracksFeb 13, 2024 6:38 pm - Barrington officials are in discussions to add crossing guards to assist pedestrians at railroad crossings in town. It is one of the actions officials say they are pursui...
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Bread knives and energy drinks with a bang: Here are the TSA’s most unusual findsFeb 08, 2024 5:54 pm - You’ve heard “the best thing since sliced bread?” This may be the worst thing done with sliced bread. A passenger at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport attempted to board a plane the day before Thanksgiving with a knife hidden deep inside a loaf of bread.
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Images: Media day at the Chicago Auto ShowFeb 08, 2024 3:20 pm - Photos from the Chicago Auto Show media day at McCormick Place Thursday Feb. 8, 2024. The show is the nation's largest and longest-running auto show with more than 1 mill...
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Following death of Barrington High student, District 220 plans more safety educationFeb 07, 2024 8:31 pm - Barrington Unit School District 220 will provide more train and pedestrian safety education, Superintendent Craig Winkelman said Tuesday in comments about the death of a ...
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How Barrington parents, village officials are trying to make train crossing safer after tragic accidentFeb 06, 2024 7:39 pm - Roma Khan was in mourning after 17-year-old student Marin Lacson was struck and killed by a train while walking to Barrington High School on Jan. 25. Four days later, Khan turned her grief into action when she created the Barrington Student Safety Organization. Within a day, 200 others had joined the group.