Articles filed under Transportation
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Passengers empathize with drivers' woes, but ride-shares go on at O'HareMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - Amid a nationwide protest over wages, Uber and Lyft drivers swooped in and out of O'Hare International Airport to pick up and deposit travelers as usual Wednesday. Nume...
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Elmhurst Road reopened after tanker rollover leaks chemicalMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - All lanes of a stretch of Elmhurst Road in Des Plaines were blocked by emergency crews for nearly 12 hours Wednesday after a truck hauling a tank of a chemical rolled ov...
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Casten to lead infrastructure discussion in BarringtonMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten will join local officials and representatives of the American Society Of Civil Engineers for a panel discussion on the financial impact of infrastr...
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Bipartisan group wants to raise state gas tax, fees to fund road projectsMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A bipartisan coalition laid out a plan Wednesday that would raise $2.4 billion for road and bridge infrastructure improvements by hiking the state's gas ta...
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Will Kane County residents be charged less to cross Longmeadow bridge?May 07, 2019 1:00 am - Kane County Board members opposed to the Longmeadow Parkway project may not be able to stop construction of a toll bridge over the Fox River, but they may be able to mak...
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Uber, Lyft drivers plan demonstration, work stoppage in ChicagoMay 07, 2019 1:00 am - Hundreds of ride-hailing drivers plan to converge on Chicago City Hall Wednesday afternoon to rally for higher wages, and, in a show of solidarity, thousands of others p...
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InTransit: Should electric-car owners pay higher state fees?May 06, 2019 5:20 am - Is the free ride over for electric vehicles? Currently, owners of Nissan Leafs, Chevrolet Volts and Bolts, and Teslas escape the state's 19-cents-per-gallon gas tax. But...
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Rubble on track at Union Station came from postal service propertyMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. Postal Service is reviewing what caused concrete to topple onto a track at Union Station from property it owns above the south concourse Wednesday. The mishap c...
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Another construction weekend on the O'Hare Blue LineMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - Some suburbanites traveling on the CTA's O'Hare Blue Line this weekend will get a bonus bus shuttle ride. The Chicago Transit Authority is upgrading track and signals be...
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Normal commute expected after repairs at Union StationMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - Metra commuters should expect a normal ride home from Union Station Wednesday afternoon after concrete plummeting on the tracks caused delays for passengers in the morni...