Articles filed under Transportation
-
Route 21/137 work to resume:Mar 26, 2014 1:01 am - Weather permitting, construction activities are scheduled to resume on the Route 21/137 project in the Libertyville area on April 15. Work includes completion of traffic...
-
Ex-Metra CEO heads back to California for transit jobMar 26, 2014 1:01 am - Former Metra CEO Alex Clifford who blew the lid on patronage scandals at the agency may be headed back to California to take a job with another transit entity. The Santa...
-
TSA officer on train's driver: 'She should have been fired'Mar 26, 2014 1:01 am - As a Transportation Security Administration officer, Milka Overton's job is to keep people safe. Yet on her way to work Monday, Overton found herself in danger aboard th...
-
Round Lake launches $4.7 million infrastructure projectMar 25, 2014 5:00 am - Round Lake's largest infrastructure improvement project is underway at Hart Road and Sunset Drive in the middle of the village. Officials said the $4.7 million job will ...
-
Expert: 'Miracle' no deaths in O'Hare CTA train crashMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - A Chicago train driven by an apparently sleepy operator, which jumped its tracks and screeched up an escalator at O'Hare, could have caused untold death and destruction ...
-
Surveillance video shows CTA Blue Line crashMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - In case of an emergency, a CTA train operator can push a red button to trigger powerful electromagnetic brakes that could have stopped the lead car of a Blue Line train ...
-
Acting RTA chief aims for policy over politicsMar 24, 2014 5:00 am - It's not the most optimal time to lead the Regional Transportation Authority. A powerful state panel is wondering if the agency even needs to exist. The RTA has drawn a...
-
Tollway officials expect busy construction seasonMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - Motorists can expect a busy year of construction along Illinois' major roadways. Illinois Tollway officials expect 2014 is going to be the biggest construction year eve...
-
Safety systems, operator scrutinized after CTA crashMar 24, 2014 1:00 am - An automatic braking system like one scheduled to be installed by next year on some railroads might have helped stop a CTA train Monday morning from taking a bizarre lea...
-
New image of drifting object revives jetliner searchMar 22, 2014 1:01 am - A Chinese satellite detected an object in the southern Indian Ocean that's almost the width of an Olympic-size swimming pool, giving fresh impetus to the hunt for the Ma...