Articles filed under Transportation
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Metra's latest fare hike arrives this week: Where's money going?Jan 30, 2017 4:00 am - Three Metra fare hikes instituted each February from 2015 through 2017 will generate a cumulative $117 million. The latest increase, averaging 5.8 percent, begins Wednes...
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Hultgren criticizes immigration ban, Roskam stays silentJan 30, 2017 12:00 am - Breaking ranks with GOP leaders, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren criticized President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the U.S. and res...
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Hundreds protest for immigrants at O'HareJan 29, 2017 12:00 am - Suburbanites and Chicagoans, Jews and Muslims, students and businesspeople packed O'Hare International Airport's international terminal over the weekend two separate tim...
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All detainees released from O'Hare after chaotic day at airportJan 28, 2017 12:00 am - A dozen travelers who'd been held at O'Hare International Airport were released late Saturday, ending a day in which 18 people were detained there due to an executive or...
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O'Hare Airport second busiest after Atlanta's Hartsfield-JacksonJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - It might seem like the nation's busiest airport if you're stuck in a line, but O'Hare is No. 2 once again, data released Thursday shows. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Inter...
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Could Pace buses be part of revamped central Tri-State?Jan 26, 2017 12:00 am - The central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) could be the next local highway to feature Pace express buses, planners said Thursday. Pace and the Illinois tollway are finalizing...
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Prospect Heights officer drove around railroad gates before crashJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - A Prospect Heights police officer drove around activated railroad-crossing gates while responding to a call Wednesday afternoon moments before a Metra train struck his p...
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Two struck and killed by Metra trainsJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - Two people were struck and killed by trains in separate incidents on Metra's Union Pacific-Northwest line Thursday morning, creating extensive delays and cancellations t...
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Naperville crashes down slightly in 2016Jan 25, 2017 4:30 am - There were 102 crashes last year at the most dangerous intersection in Naperville - up from 73 at the most crash-prone site in 2015, police said. While the number of cr...
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Eisenhower toll idea meets skepticismJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation hopes to squeeze more lanes out of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) to fix an infamous bottleneck, but there was skepticism ab...