Articles filed under Transportation
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Suburbs deserve western terminal at O'Hare, tollway chairman saysFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois Tollway Chairman Robert Schillerstrom pushed for a full-blown, not scaled-back, version of western access at O'Hare in a speech Monday to members of the City Cl...
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Deal could come this week on $8 billion O'Hare expansionFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - Years of negotiations could come to fruition this week with announcement of a massive O'Hare expansion deal between the city of Chicago and the major airlines, but it's ...
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Guns, grenades and deadly gadgets: What TSA found in carry-ons last yearFeb 23, 2018 4:30 am - Are air travelers more scared than ever, or just less informed? That's the question we found ourselves asking after seeing a recent report from the Transportation Securi...
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Former county commissioner named to lead Illinois TollwayFeb 22, 2018 6:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Tollway has a new executive director. The tollway board of directors on Thursday named former Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth ...
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Illinois Tollway names Elizabeth Gorman new executive directorFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman, a former Cook County commissioner, was chosen Thursday as the Illinois Tollway's new executive director. She succeeds Greg Bedalov, who left the ...
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DuPage to spend $22.3 million on road projectsFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage County plans to spend $22.3 million this year on a road program that includes pavement patching, resurfacing and traffic signal maintenance. Officials say the foc...
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Rotary clubs lead effort to prevent suicides by train in Northwest suburbsFeb 21, 2018 4:18 am - Suicide prevention signs have gone up at stations along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the Northwest suburbs, part of an effort to encourage people needing help...
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Metra looking to buy used locomotives to help reduce delaysFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Metra riders could get a push from a fleet of previously used locomotives the agency is eying to purchase this year. Metra directors Wednesday authorized executives to n...
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Politically connected tollway employee's last job? Selling office furniture in 2001Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - A politically connected Illinois tollway employee hired last year for an important $80,016 engineering department job last worked in 2001 as an account executive selling...
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Tollway executive director leaving for stadium authorityFeb 16, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The executive director of the Illinois Toll Highway Authority is resigning after more than two years with the agency. The tollway announced Greg Bedalov i...