Articles filed under Transportation
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No injuries reported after freight train cars separate while passing through BarringtonMar 07, 2021 12:00 am - No injuries were reported Sunday afternoon when the coupling between railcars broke while a freight train was traveling through Barrington, fire officials said. The inc...
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Authorities investigate death of woman struck by trainMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - Lake Forest and Metra police are investigating the death of a Lake Forest woman who was struck by a passenger train near Laurel and Western avenues late Thursday. Police...
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No injuries reported when car collides with train in WheelingMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - No injuries have been reported in a collision between a car and a Metra train near Wheeling early Friday morning. Wheeling police said the crash occurred at the crossing...
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4-cent per gallon fuel tax to be considered in Lake CountyMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County officials are poised to enact a 4-cents-per-gallon fuel tax to help chip away at a long, expensive to-do list of road projects. The recommended amount is hal...
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Kane County seeks new Metra board rep after resignation of recent appointeeMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - Less than a month after a unanimous vote named Matt Hanson as Kane County's new representative on the Metra board of directors, the former county board representative ha...
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Work begins to replace Stearns School Road bridge in GurneeMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - Work to remove and rebuild the Stearns School Road bridge, which carries traffic over Interstate 94 in Gurnee, has begun, the Illinois tollway said Tuesday. The bridge,...
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How a one-two punch of snow and freezing cold created suburban sidewalk debacleMar 01, 2021 4:30 am - February's storms and arctic temperatures pitched suburban homeowners, particularly those without snowblowers, into a primitive struggle against the elements to clear si...
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House Transportation Committee advances bills on IDOT transparency, funding for pedestrian safetyMar 01, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state House Transportation committee advanced two bills to the House floor Monday in its first meeting of the 102nd General Assembly. The first bill wo...
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Lake County considers 8-cent-per-gallon gas tax to pay for transportation projectsFeb 25, 2021 4:30 am - This story has been updated to note that Lake County until 2019 was not authorized to impose a motor fuel tax but tried twice unsuccessfully by referendum to impos...
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No more passing the cash as tollway makes all-electronic system permanentFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois tollway will permanently shift to an entirely electronic system without cash payments after 11 months of operating with automatic collections due to the COV...