Articles filed under Transportation
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Renting out your car? There soon might be a tax on thatJun 04, 2018 5:30 am - Whether it's the Rolls-Royce at $999 a day or a Ford Fusion for $20, you can find a sweet ride to rent on Turo. The peer-to-peer car-sharing platform lets individuals li...
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Algonquin Road in Des Plaines reopened after downed power linesJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Temporary road closures were lifted near Algonquin and Elmhurst roads on the Des Plaines/Mount Prospect border after downed power lines were cleared, authorities said. D...
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Transit fare hikes unlikely for rest of 2018 under new state budgetJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Metra, Pace and CTA experts are still digesting the state budget finalized Monday but two of the three agencies already say they expect no fare hikes this year despite t...
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Schaumburg Regional named airport of the year by IDOTJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Regional Airport has received the 2018 Airport of the Year award from the Illinois Department of Transportation, village officials announced Monday. The a...
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Route 14 closure starts Monday in section of BarringtonJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Drivers who use Route 14 between Lake-Cook Road and Route 59 in Barrington need to be ready for what could be up to a 10-day closure to accommodate railroad crossing wor...
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Roundabout construction near Island Lake:Jun 01, 2018 1:00 am - A section of Dowell Road near Island Lake will be closed starting Monday because of the roundabout construction project at River Road. Dowell will be closed from River t...
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Traffic signals to go dark Sunday at busy Mount Prospect intersectionMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Traffic signals at the busy intersection of Rand Road, Route 83 and Kensington Road in Mount Prospect will go dark Sunday morning while the Illinois Department of Transp...
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Cary parks receives $1.1 million state grant for bike trailMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - The Cary Park District has been awarded a roughly $1.1 million state grant to construct a 1.4-mile bike trail at Hoffman Park. The trail extension will connect to an exi...
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Secretary of State mobile unit in Hoffman Estates FridayMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - The Illinois Secretary of State will have a mobile unit at Schaumburg Township hall, 1 Illinois Blvd. in Hoffman Estates, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 1. The unit...
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Record-tying May temperatures cause suburban roads to buckle and crackMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Record-tying heat in the Chicago suburbs has road crews dealing with a problem they don't usually see until much later in the summer: buckling pavement. According to th...