Articles filed under Transportation
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Boeing near $10.1 billion order to expand toehold in IndiaJan 06, 2017 12:00 am - Indian budget airline SpiceJet Ltd. is poised to order at least 92 Boeing Co. 737 jetliners, giving the planemaker a stronger toehold in the world's fastest growing aero...
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Gurnee murder suspect, 32, dead in 'terrifying' police shootout on MetraJan 06, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois State Police are investigating a shootout between police and a murder suspect on a Metra train in Deerfield late Friday night, which left the man dead. State po...
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Community meetings on paratransitJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - Community meetings regarding a paratransit services in Lake County will be held Jan. 17-19 at various locations. The study will evaluate the range of available services,...
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Metra passengers can vote on most annoying habits of fellow ridersJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Fed up with riders cursing on their cellphones? Nonplused by manspreading? Nauseated by noshing? Metra passengers can vent their frustrations with impolite cohabitants o...
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Customs investigates cause of computer outage at airportsJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - A computer outage at U.S. Customs and Border Protection airport checkpoints Monday snarled some holiday travelers' plans at O'Hare and across the nation. Processing syst...
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Metra hikes to electric bikes: 2017's transportation forecastJan 02, 2017 4:30 am - In a world of uncertainty, you can count on one thing: our annual transportation predictions for the new year by a panel of experts on planes, trains, automobiles and po...
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New technology speeds pilot, air traffic controller communicationDec 26, 2016 4:00 am - It's clear skies at O'Hare International Airport, but there's a thunderstorm elsewhere in the Midwest. As passengers blithely board their plane, air traffic control is o...
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VisTracks signs M2M Datasmart as resellerDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Business Wire LISLE - VisTracks said it has procured a partnership with cellular communications and fleet solutions provider M2M Datasmart to resell a branded version of...
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Tollway spat with Canadian Pacific heats up over land for O'Hare bypassDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Editor's note: The caption credit indicating the source of the attached photograph has been corrected. On the heels of the Illinois tollway's prediction of dire eco...
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Bus seat belt debate about to resume in SpringfieldDec 12, 2016 4:30 am - As a fatal crash in Chattanooga renews interest in seat belts on school buses, a suburban lawmaker wants to make the restraints law in Illinois. State Rep. Lou Lang plan...