Articles filed under Transportation
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Route 31 lane reduction back for more talk in GenevaMay 16, 2015 7:30 am - If Geneva wants to put Route 31 on a "road diet" - reducing it from four lanes to three - it is going to have to do so farther south than city officials had hoped. Accor...
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Schaumburg mayor honors Bike to Work WeekMay 15, 2015 1:00 am - Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson continued his annual tradition of honoring "Bike to Work Week" by leading a group of village residents on a Friday morning ride to his own wor...
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Florida toll agency doesn't hire Illinois tollway executiveMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Florida toll agency chose an internal candidate as its new chief out of a field that included Illinois tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur. The Illinois tollway ...
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IDOT highway plan has a grim prognosisMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Announcements about the state's multiyear highway improvement plan usually are full of hype and hope. But this version with an $8.4 billion road program could be the mos...
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Metra months away on ticket appMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Metra riders anxious to get their fingers working on a smartphone ticket app will need to wait until fall. Planners said there are a lot of intricacies still to work out...
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Stopping train derailments here: Pricey brake system months, years awayMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - With speed emerging as a possible cause of the fatal Amtrak derailment Tuesday in Philadelphia, many freight and passenger railroads including Metra are at least months ...
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Aurora, Barrington ask judge to throw out oil train rulesMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - Barrington and Aurora are taking the federal government to court in hopes of getting a rewrite of oil train regulations. Recent rules issued by the U.S. Pipeline and Haz...
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Lawlor to address Grant Township RepublicansMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor will be the featured speaker when the Grant Township Republican Club meets Thursday, May 28, to discuss the Route 53 extension. O...
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Memorial fund honors retired deputy who died in airport accidentMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - A memorial fund has been established in the name of retired DuPage County sheriff's deputy Michael Yates, who was killed in a collision between two luggage carts at Midw...
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Freight train hazmat leaks increase significantly in 2014May 11, 2015 5:30 am - More than 4,150 gallons of hazardous materials leaked in Illinois from freight train cars in 2014. To put that into context, it's 22 times more than in 2013, when 187 ga...