Articles filed under Transportation
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Record-tying May temperatures cause suburban roads to buckle and crackMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Record-tying heat in the Chicago suburbs has road crews dealing with a problem they don't usually see until much later in the summer: buckling pavement. According to th...
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IDOT's updated roadwork plan shows funding constraintsMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation's latest multiyear highway improvement plan is on a diet compared to previous versions. IDOT on Tuesday released a $11.05 billi...
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Stretch of Quentin Road in Palatine closing for a monthMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Palatine officials say an unexpected, roughly one-month closure of southbound Quentin Road for bridge repairs starting in mid-July is causing concern about traffic woes ...
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Your questions answered: Potholes at the 'DMV,' and moreMay 28, 2018 7:30 am - It's hard enough remembering the rule to parallel park within 12 inches of the curb for your driver's test or having to fork over $101 for a license renewal. But when ga...
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Editorial: Drive cautiously with your loved ones in mindMay 27, 2018 1:00 am - Last year, 1,098 people died on Illinois' roadways; about 41,000 people did across the country. As glum as those statistics are, the toll of heartache runs much deeper. ...
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O'Hare Airport: Part of Illinois' and commercial aviation's historyMay 27, 2018 1:00 am - To correct a Monday article, the Douglas Aircraft Co. built transport planes at Orchard Field, now the home of O'Hare International Airport. It took just seven year...
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Why Elon Musk wants to dig tunnels under Los AngelesMay 26, 2018 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - His commute must be a nightmare. Elon Musk said traffic made him late for his own event, a faux forum for his high speed subterranean transportation ventur...
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Barrington push for Lake Zurich Road shift officially endsMay 26, 2018 1:00 am - Barrington's quest for a realignment of Lake Zurich Road through property belonging to the village's library has officially ended. Lake Zurich Road has dropped from a li...
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Crews working to clear train derailment site in AuroraMay 25, 2018 1:00 am - Tracks at the site of a freight train derailment in Aurora are expected to be cleared by the end of the weekend, a spokesman for the BNSF Railway said Friday. More than ...
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Freight cars derail in AuroraMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - Several cars of an eastbound freight train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Thursday near River and Third streets in Aurora. No injuries have been reported, but officials say A...