Articles filed under Transportation
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Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring upMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - The state could study instituting a mileage-based tax compared to the current one based on gallons of gas, under a proposal in the Illinois General Assembly.
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‘A spiral effect’: 40% service cuts estimated if Metra, Pace, CTA veer over the fiscal cliffMar 21, 2025 5:00 am - Transit funding shortfall could mean halving Metra service, but one suburban lawmaker says he won’t approve “a dime” without reforms.
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Where’s my Metra train? Railroad updates progress of installing digital signs, ticket machinesMar 20, 2025 9:51 am - Metra hopes to have a new train tracking sign at every station by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
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‘They had not recognized it as a runway’: Details of close call at Midway emerge in NTSB reportMar 19, 2025 8:09 pm - Confusion about runways and glare from the sun cited as reasons for Midway near miss.
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Robbery of $30,000 necklace incited wild brawl, shoot-out at O'Hare after Spirit flightMar 18, 2025 6:50 am - A $30,000 gold necklace caused a wild shoot-out at O’Hare Airport, where nearly 60 shots were fired and a self-proclaimed rapper was wounded last week, according to police reports.
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‘A pretty aggressive timeline’: Five things to know about Kennedy construction 3.0Mar 17, 2025 7:41 pm - IDOT outlines when construction on the Kennedy Expressway will end and how to avoid getting detoured en route to O’Hare.
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Don’t look over your shoulder, but are more Pace express buses coming on I-290?Mar 16, 2025 9:00 pm - After success establishing express buses that defy traffic by switching to shoulder lanes on both Interstate 55 and the Jane Addams Tollway, Pace is considering a three-peat along a route that would include parts of I-290 and I-88.
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Aircraft catches fire after landing in Denver, sending passengers onto wing as smoke engulfs planeMar 14, 2025 3:53 pm - A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke. Airport officials said 12 people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.
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More construction on Route 20 in Elgin expected to begin MondayMar 13, 2025 9:13 am - Drivers on U.S. Route 20 in Elgin will have another construction project to contend with starting Monday.
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All aboard the M1? Metra considers renaming train linesMar 12, 2025 2:35 pm - Metra offers a survey for riders to help determine if they should rebrand train lines or stick to the status quo.