Articles filed under Transportation
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Mount Prospect to study Central Road pedestrian crossingsApr 20, 2017 1:00 am - The Mount Prospect village board has agreed to spend up to $38,000 on a Central Road Pedestrian Crossing Study in the wake of controversy after 55-year-old Joni Beaudry ...
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Metra inching forward on new railcars and locomotivesApr 19, 2017 1:00 am - It's not quite 419 railcars and locomotives, but Metra commuters can expect comfier and more reliable rides on some trains in a few years after officials acted to buy ne...
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I-90 and Elmhurst Road interchange now set to open in JuneApr 19, 2017 1:00 am - It was supposed to be completed in 2016, then in late 2017, but now the much-awaited "diverging diamond" interchange at Elmhurst Road and the Jane Addams Tollway should ...
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Kimberly-Clark names Hub Group Carrier of the YearApr 19, 2017 1:00 am - OAK BROOK - Transportation management company Hub Group recently received the 2016 Carrier of the Year award from Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark's Carrier of the Year aw...
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Longmeadow Parkway construction stopped over endangered beesApr 18, 2017 1:00 am - A federal judge has temporarily halted construction on Kane County's Longmeadow Parkway project because of its potential harm to an endangered type of bumblebee. The Sto...
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What you need to know about 2017 roadwork in the suburbsApr 17, 2017 5:30 am - Find your inner happy place, suburban commuter. Road work season is banging on the car door. Fortunately, the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) reconstruction is almost complet...
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Police: Death of woman hit by train in Mt. Prospect a suicideApr 14, 2017 1:00 am - The death of a 59-year-old Woodstock woman struck by a Metra train Thursday in Mount Prospect has been ruled a suicide, authorities said Friday. Union Pacific Northwest ...
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Daughter 'horrified and shocked' at United passenger's treatmentApr 13, 2017 1:00 am - Physician David Dao fled from the violence of the Vietnam War in a boat when Saigon fell in 1975. But the traumatic experience paled next to the concussion, lost teeth a...
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Camping World to expand stores in MichiganApr 13, 2017 1:00 am - LINCOLNSHIRE - Camping World Holdings recently announced plans for expansion in the state of Michigan, with a goal of six new stores in the state by the end of 2018. Cam...
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United, Chicago aviation leaders fall on swords over man dragged from planeApr 13, 2017 1:00 am - If one clear thing emerged from a Chicago committee hearing on how a United Airlines flyer was bloodied and bruised when security dragged him off a full flight, it's tha...