Articles filed under Transportation
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‘Silos’ and ‘steamrollers’: Rival plans to save Metra, Pace and the CTA go under the microscopeMar 11, 2025 6:47 pm - Illinois state senators put rival plans to rescue transit in the Chicago region under the microscope Tuesday.
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Metra ‘owes an explanation’: Documents show ‘allegation chart’ and ‘discrimination section’ in secret police probeMar 09, 2025 9:00 pm - State senator wants Metra outside consultants’ report released. “If you’re going to hide it, it just lets it fester.“
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Metra asks feds for relief in feud with Union Pacific over ‘unreasonable’ costs to run trains on tracksMar 07, 2025 7:34 pm - Union Pacific, Metra impasse gets real with predictions of a commuter shutdown in July.
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Where’s the beef at O’Hare, plus a Spirit Airlines check-in switcherooMar 03, 2025 8:07 pm - O'Hare opens new Butcher & the Burger eatery in Terminal 5, while Spirit Airlines check-ins shift to a new location.
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‘The right stuff and more’: What happened in near miss at Midway AirportMar 02, 2025 8:00 pm - “Two pilots in a matter of less than seconds had to make a decision that saved lives and they did it.” Experts weigh in on the near collision last week at Midway.
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FAA and NTSB probing close call at Midway involving Southwest plane and business jetFeb 25, 2025 6:11 pm - A business jet was taxiing on Midway runway “without authorization.” Runway incursions dropped in 2024, FAA says.
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FAA probing close call at Midway involving Southwest plane and business jetFeb 25, 2025 2:51 pm - A Southwest Airlines jet landed safely at Midway International Airport Tuesday morning after a close call involving a smaller aircraft on a runway.
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American Airlines adds flights, destinations to its O’Hare rosterFeb 20, 2025 8:46 am - American Airlines is debuting new direct service to Honolulu this winter and boosting departures from Chicago’s O’Hare by 22%, American officials announced Thursday. The airline is adding nonstop trips to Naples, Italy, this summer and will be flying to nine new cities from O’Hare in 2025, including Madrid and Halifax, Canada.
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Transit funding crisis on Pritzker’s radar but not budget proposalFeb 19, 2025 5:55 pm - RTA warns time is running out on fixing $771 million shortfall with service cuts looming. But Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t announce a proposal for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” in his budget address Wednesday.
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Pedestrian struck by Metra train near WinfieldFeb 18, 2025 8:11 am - A pedestrian was reportedly struck by a commuter train near the Winfield depot at about 7:45 a.m., according to a social media post by Metra.