Articles filed under Transportation
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State Senate tries to save O'Hare's diagonal runways to combat noiseApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Legislation passed Thursday by the state Senate seeks to prohibit Chicago from retiring two diagonal runways at O'Hare International Airport in the hopes of evenly distr...
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Metra adopts confidential close-call disclosure planApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Metra, railroad and federal leaders expect to prevent close calls with a new confidential reporting system administrated by NASA. A joint agreement between Metra, labor ...
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Pace manager accused of taking $280K in kickbacks from contractorsApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - A department manager at Pace suburban bus service was released on bail from federal custody Thursday after being accused of taking more than $280,000 in kickbacks and gr...
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Editorial: Welcome progress toward consensus on O'Hare noiseApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." For residents living near O'Hare International Airport, adding noise to that Benjamin Frankli...
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Crash near Fremd injures three women; no students involvedApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine police said no Fremd High School students were involved in a two-car crash on Quentin Road near the school Wednesday afternoon that sent three women to the hosp...
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Bartlett collision includes police officerApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - A two-car collision at Route 59 and Schick Road in Bartlett involved a community service officer for the Bartlett Police Department, authorities said Wednesday afternoon...
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Pyke: New O'Hare noise could force a change of courseApr 13, 2015 5:30 am - Now let's get this straight ... or diagonal. Since 2001, millions have been spent in taxes and fees to build parallel runways at O'Hare International Airport in the nam...
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Buffalo Grove sees small dip in crashes, new most dangerous intersectionApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove saw a small decline in the number of traffic crashes in the community last year, as well as a change at the top of the village's annual list of most danger...
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Could be summer of roadtrips with cheap gasApr 12, 2015 7:29 am - HOUSTON - Vacations will be a bit cheaper this year with gasoline prices the lowest since 2009. U.S. consumers will pay $1.14 a gallon less this summer than in 2014 and ...
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Avoid Rt. 41 in Lake Forest, police adviseApr 12, 2015 1:00 am - The signals at the intersection of Route 41 and Old Elm Road in Lake Forest have been disabled since Saturday, when the control box for the intersection was struck by a ...