Articles filed under Transportation
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Advocates implore NITA to act on safety, paratransit as agency unveils crime prevention plansOct 15, 2026 6:11 pm - Northern Illinois Transportation Authority board directors outlined efforts Thursday to launch a systemwide safety app in November and deploy transit ambassadors in 2027.
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Schaumburg board rejects roundabout plan at neighbors’ requestOct 14, 2026 4:20 pm - Hundreds of Schaumburg residents are celebrating the village board’s decision not to include a mini-roundabout at the intersection of National Parkway and Thacker Street in 2030.
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‘Tragic accident’: Wheaton College baseball player hit, killed by train while crossing tracksOct 14, 2026 12:22 pm - The Wheaton community is mourning a college student-athlete who was killed in a collision with a train Sunday morning on his way back from church.
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Police probe discovery of body on BNSF tracks in NapervilleOct 13, 2026 2:52 pm - Authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding a body being found on the BNSF tracks near downtown Naperville in the early hours Tuesday. The discovery caused major delays for morning commuters on Metra’s busiest line.
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Mundelein man charged in shooting on CTA busOct 13, 2026 11:22 am - A Mundelein man and a Chicago woman faces attempted murder charges in a shooting on a CTA bus Sept. 30 that injured two people in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Why Schaumburg is looking at ending developer impact fees for additional road capacityOct 12, 2026 5:40 pm - Growth in Schaumburg has reached a point where officials are questioning whether the village still needs to charge developers for additional road capacity.
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Share opinions, offer ideas on transit at first NITA open house at Union StationOct 12, 2026 4:11 pm - NITA learn more about the Northern Illinois Transportation Authority? The new agency hosts an open house at Union Station Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
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Frustration boils over as ‘perfect storm’ causes more delays after landing at O’HareOct 11, 2026 1:04 pm - ‘The good news is we are early. The bad news is that our gate is occupied,’ is becoming an all-too-frequent message from pilots landing at O’Hare International Airport. Here’s why.
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Teen struck, killed by freight train near Wheaton stationOct 11, 2026 11:24 am - An 18-year-old man was struck and killed by a train Sunday morning east of the Wheaton Metra station DuPage County Coroner Judith Lukas said.
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The funding is there — what’s next: Five takeaways from Metra, Pace and CTA leadersOct 07, 2026 6:35 pm - From new grade separations to speeding Metra trains to more frequent Pace buses to deploying experts to help CTA riders in crisis — transit leaders talk about NITA deliverables.